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A new Snapchat update allows users to access someone’s exact location with the platform’s “Snap Map” feature if location sharing is enabled, even providing a person with a street and house number.
The “Snap Map” feature not only gives the user’s physical address, but also allows people to see how far they have traveled from someone else’s location.
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For parents and others who may be concerned about accidentally giving strangers access to their location, Snapchat allows users to disable someone’s location by selecting “Ghost Mode” in the app. Individuals can also turn off the “exact location” option in their phone’s settings.
Snap Maps enables users to share their location live with their friends. The feature also displays images and videos posted by people around the world that anyone can see by clicking on the map.
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Snapchat previously told the Daily Mail that the accuracy of map areas showing stories of strangers degrades by up to 4 kilometers, which is about 2 ½ miles, depending on the volume of photos and videos in a location and the age of users who publish them are.
And a new paid subscription service, costing up to $3.99 a month, lets Snapchat users see every place their friends have been in the last 24 hours.
Under Snapchat+, which launched earlier this week, users can pay a monthly fee to access exclusive features, including icons, badges and data.
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In this photo illustration, a Snapchat logo is seen on a smartphone. (Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Snapchat previously said the map was developed with privacy and security in mind.
“Location sharing via Snap Map is turned off by default, and Snapchatters who choose to share their location on the map will only be able to see and be seen by mutual friends,” the spokesperson said.
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“We have zero tolerance for abuse or harassment of any kind and ask Snapchatters to report abuse or any other safety concerns on the app,” they continued.
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