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Yet Another Facebook Concern: Places

Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 (No comments yet)
Internet, Privacy
Let Facebook know location? Not a good idea
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I can't imagine broadcasting my current location to the world. There are so many risks that I don't even know where to begin. If you like this feature, good luck and godspeed. Hopefully you don't get robbed, stalked, or worse. The point is that your risk is higher when strangers know your location, and Facebook helpfully turns on this feature by default. If you want to take my advice and turn it off, here's how:

1. Find the control for Places in your settings
2. Disable the ability of friends to check you in
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