You are given 3 options to enable “ghost mode”, share your location with friends, or share with select friends. The first time you open Snap Map a confusing settings menu will appear. This will take you to the brand new Snap Map. You have to go to the stories screen (bottom right on the home screen) and then make a pinching motion with your fingers. There are no obvious alerts or warnings that come up after you update, so it is very hard to find. However, the update allows Snapchat to share your location with your friends and there is a good chance you don’t even realize it is happening.

You may say this is just another new Snapchat feature that you will have no real use for and will never use, which may be true.

The feature could have some positive outcomes, but it is certainly a security concern for Snapchat users. It is the release of Snapchat’s newest feature, Snap Map, a way to see the location of all of your friends and events happening near you. Version 10.11.0.0 of Snapchat was released June 21st, 2017. Snapchat’s latest update has some unexpected features that could reveal some personal information you do not want to make public.

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