To: PapaBear3625
Maybe I'm missing something here...but when you post something on FaceBook from a smartphone or iPad...it indicates where you are (doesn't do it when you post from a laptop.
I thought everyone knew this.
Is there something else this guy pointed out?
3 posted on
08/13/2015 10:42:48 AM PDT by
Cowboy Bob
(Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
To: Cowboy Bob
I think the headline is misleading [read: Incorrect].
I’m pretty sure he was fired for writing an app that utilized/exploited the anti-privacy “flaw”, as opposed to simply pointing it out.
5 posted on
08/13/2015 10:47:30 AM PDT by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: Cowboy Bob
Maybe I'm missing something here...but when you post something on FaceBook from a smartphone or iPad...it indicates where you are (doesn't do it when you post from a laptop. Facebook Messenger doesn't post location data from a regular PC, but the location info is in the data stream.
This guy's app showed that your location was being shared from your PC as well. Read the whole article for details.
6 posted on
08/13/2015 10:55:11 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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