How to turn off Snapchat’s tracking feature
You may have read about Snapchat’s new feature “Snap Map” that’s making headlines this week for allowing users to see their friends’ location on a map and thus jeopardizing their privacy. The map then pops up and shows the locations of friends, as well as stories by location.
To access settings within the app and disable location sharing, pinch the screen from camera mode to reveal the map.
Sims says her teenage daughter has many SnapChat contacts she’s never met.
New users of Snap Map should enable “Ghost Mode” on the “Find Your Friends” screen during initial setup if they do not want to be tracked. If he is, chances are you can catch him lying since Snapchat now allows you to identify the exact location of its users, right to the building they reside in.
Andrew Rossow, a cyberspace and technology lawyer says the biggest concern is that users are updating the app without reading what the actual update consists of. Starting today, anyone can create a custom geofilter right from the Snapchat app without using the dedicated website previously required.
Snap says this feature is designed for everyday Snapchatters, and that businesses that want to get the most out of custom geofilters should continue to use the web-based studio option.
Snapchat has made it very accessible to design and submit your filter.
The photo- and video-sharing app recently introduced a new feature known as Snap Map, which is a fun way to show fellow users where you’ve been. “That could easily be a problem now in a lot of different ways because they can see my location on the map”.
Mum to pre-teen Lexie, Kyra McGrorey-Clark told News Of The Area, “I think it’s really important to monitor rather than ban kids on social media”. Other Snapchat features such as the geo-tagged filters also use a similar location service.
“Given that it’s out there, I guess our message is to inform parents about what it is they can do and to make sure they know what their young people are doing”. “Ghost Mode” keeps their location private and off the Snap Map.