![]() Which means that consumers and businesses alike should consider disabling Facebook Messenger's ability to track and share your location. The potential for abuse, whether it be by organised criminal gangs targeting an enterprise, or jealous former partners and obsessive stalkers, should be clear. ![]() All they would need to do to begin to collect the data is start an online chat with you, perhaps posing as a potential customer or romantic interest. If your company is being targeted by criminals, they may attempt to learn the schedules of your workers - hoping to launch man-in-the-middle attacks over unsecured WiFi in coffee shops, or determine the home addresses of senior executives. Such creepy collection and examination of location data has clear implications for not just consumers, but also businesses. And, as far as I can tell, there is no way to delete the location data from past messages you have sent. ![]() One issue is that you may think it's harmless to attach your location to a single message, but - unless you remember to disable location sharing afterwards - it's all too easy for an archive of your past locations to build up. ![]()
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