Apparently my smartphone is telling everyone exactly where I am right now. Should I care ?
▻https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jul/07/apparently-my-smartphone-is-telling-everyone-exactly-where-i-am-right-n
Snapchat’s new virtual map, showing us each others’ locations in unnerving detail, has prompted concerns about privacy. But didn’t we give that up long ago ? So, er – can you tell where I am right now ? You don’t have to be on image-sharing app Snapchat to have heard about its controversial new “Snap Map”, which shows users their friends’ locations in near-real time, and disconcerting detail. Picture cheery cartoon avatars identified in not just suburbs, not even just streets, but at specific (...)