The Week: Pros and cons of location sharing

Location-tracking features have “stirred controversy” for well over a decade, said The New York Times. According to the non-profit Electronic Privacy Information Center, location-tracking technologies enable law enforcement agencies to monitor people’s movements or advertisers to connect people’s online activities with their real identities.

“In other words, used carelessly, location tracking may hurt your privacy,” said the paper.

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