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Instagram's new location feature has left users feeling 'sick' (www.abc.net.au)

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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.

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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

nobody needs to install it nowadays, because it comes preinstalled on all phones. and lots of people just mindlessly allow every kind of permission

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

And all their friends and crushes use it.

[–] FlappyBubble@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 8 points 1 day 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.

[–] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago

Can confirm I had to remove "Meta App Manager" off my old S22+ as of ~6 months ago

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day 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