Facebook is adding a new privacy control to its Android app today that allows users to prevent the social network from accessing their location when the app isn’t open. The update comes just days after CNBC reported that Facebook’s security team had used location information to track missing interns and users deemed to be threats.
Until now, granting Facebook your location data on Android was an all-or-nothing deal: you either had to prevent Facebook from seeing your location at all, or you had to grant it full use of your location. That comes down to how Android works. Google requires that apps get permission to use your location, but it doesn’t offer options for when your location data can be used.
Written by Jacob Kastrenakes
This news first appeared on https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/20/18233424/facebook-android-location-data-privacy-controls under the title “Facebook now lets you block background location tracking on Android”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
