Instagram users are voicing concern their whereabouts were shared without their knowledge despite Meta saying the feature is opt-in.

Instagram’s new location-sharing update is raising privacy concerns, with users reporting their whereabouts were shared without their knowledge despite Meta saying the update is opt-in.

Experts warn that location-sharing features are linked to a higher risk of tech-based coercive control.

The controversy follows other recent privacy issues for Meta, including a lawsuit over the misuse of sensitive health data from a women’s health tracking app.

  • @[email protected]
    3•2 days ago

    Is it really preinstalled on all phones? Not on iphones and neither on my Samsung S22 or my Pixels.

    • @[email protected]
      1•6 hours ago

      Just got samsung phone and FB was preinstalled. You will probably be pissed the next time you get a phone.

    • @[email protected]English
      8•2 days ago

      Android is the devil when it comes to it. My S22+ certainly did have “Meta App Manager” and “Meta Package Installer” hidden as system services, which could only be removed using ADB.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•2 days ago

      That’s because they’re both flagship phones, budget phones have a ton of bloatware installed on them (including cheaper Samsung phones)

    • @[email protected]
      1•2 days ago

      maybe flagship phones are different, but I don’t think I ever had such a device in my hands. I regularly help people with affordable phones, and as far as I can tell each had them preinstalled