The social network Facebook and privacy continue to be concepts very close to each other. It is true, some locator functions are useful for finding establishments or ensuring the well-being of a person in an area affected by a natural disaster, however, others seem the Perfect excuse to collect user data and each of their steps. Supported more in this last aspect we find Amigos Cerca, which has begun to be available to users Spanishin the last hours.
This is a feature already known by Facebook users from other countries such as United States Its mission is simple: find out how far away and in what approximate location the friends of this social network are. And even more , if the necessary permissions are granted, it is also possible to know the exact location of that person Something that, according to Facebook , it is designed to encourage meetings more easily when seeing that a certain person is nearby.
To this end, the mobile application of Facebook is announcing the appearance of this new function through a home screen. In case of skipping this screen or wanting to use Close Friends, the user has to click on the tab on the right and access the functionHere you can turn it on or off to find out how far away your friends are. As with the double check of WhatsApp, it is necessary for the user to activate the function to see the approximate locationof the rest of your friends.
Together with each of these friends who are listed in the function Close Friends, that is, they are active in this function, a location button is displayed Pressing it activates the specific location, which allows sharing the exact point on the map where the user is located. A sensitive information that can be shared with expiration time to avoid risks. Something designed to inform until what time you are going to be in a specific place, for example, thus making it easier to know your location and a possible meeting.
Now, there are several things to keep in mind when using this new feature. The first is privacy, since Facebook activates the location history by default when using the feature Friends Nearby This history collects the places through which the user moves, although Facebook offers the possibility to delete them from the profile activity logFacebook does not specify the purpose of this data at any time. The other point is that of consumption We must not lose sight of the fact that Facebook is a very inefficient application, capable of consuming memory RAM and battery above average. If we add to this the use of GPS to locate the user, it is possible that the usual duration of the battery will be affected
In any case, Nearby Friends is a feature that the user can activate to find out where your contacts and friends are, or turn off to protect your privacy and mobile power resources. The feature has been enabled by default on mobile Android and iOS, so no No download required. update This is a free feature.
