When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Share Your Location Using a Smartphone

When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Share Your Location Using a Smartphone
The new Snapchat map has raised privacy concerns among some parents
and law enforcement officials, who said it was too easy for Snapchat users to add random people as friends, which could potentially let predators track a child’s location.
A Snapchat spokeswoman said it was not possible to share your location with people who are not your friends on Snapchat.
And Snapchat last month released an interactive map letting people share their location with friends indefinitely.
From there, your friend could follow your location on a map through the Apple Maps or Find My Friends apps.
On the map, just tap the blue dot that indicates where you are and tap Share your location.
This isn’t useful for real-time location sharing because your location on the map updates only when you open the Snapchat app.
To broadcast your location, tap Share My Location and choose to share a live update
of your location for an hour, until the end of the day or indefinitely.
Finally, on Snapchat, with the camera open you can pinch the screen to open a map.