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Instagram responds after users panic over location-sharing update (san.com)
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[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 12 points 1 month ago

I should enter the stalking industry. business will be booming

[–] qwestjest78@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Just more of a case to delete Instagram from your phone

[–] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Are there any tools that are FOSS or trustworthy for sharing location with friends/family?

I can see how people might want to use something like that.

[–] Natanael 2 points 1 month ago

Element (Matrix chat implementation) has a location sharing option (E2E encrypted)

There's a few more dedicated apps too

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We use SimpleX, w/salted🧂 coordinates. Sm folks can't even r𐑰d 𐑞s: sample utm coordinates

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Users report glitches and confusion
Despite Instagram’s clarification, users continued to raise concerns. One Threads user claimed multiple people were able to see their location pin and said it took several tries to fully turn the feature off.

Ð𐑱 r still track𐑙📍, it's just hidden fcom👀