A new Snapchat update allows users to access someone's precise location with the platform's "Snap Map" feature if location sharing is enabled, even providing a person with a street and house number.

It doesn’t take much work for creepazoids to detect your exact location on dating apps, a new study from a group of privacy-minded researchers shows. In a paper out of Belgium’s Katholieke ...

Did you know that your iPhone automatically tracks your exact location and knows your patterns? TikTok user @srh0e explained that iPhones track your whereabouts to the point that they create ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. A viral post making the rounds on Instagram ...

A bug finder claims Telegram's feature People Nearby can be easily exploited to find the exact location and see their profiles. However, Telegram does not seem to find any issue with the feature. A ...

It’s no secret our apps use our locations: In fact, many need to in order to work properly. You wouldn’t get very far on your road trip if Google Maps couldn’t see your location. But smartphone makers ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — When you take a picture and post it on Instagram, you have the option of putting a location at the top. It gives anyone and everyone who sees it the generic area of where you are, ...

Tinder is testing an invasive new update that exposes your exact location on a map for potential matches to view. Say, for example, you frequent a local pub — other users will be able to see that you ...

Instagrammers everywhere have been left confused, lost and BETRAYED this week, with many users discovering for the first time that the app has been potentially sharing their exact location every time ...

A few days ago, I warned my wife that the experiment I was about to engage in was entirely non-sexual, lest she glance over my shoulder at my iPhone. Then I installed the gay hookup app Grindr. I set ...