In previous versions, to proceed with the current record of the geolocation of the user, asking specific permission, but now they have taken a new approach. It is automatically activated and you have to remove it to go off, for which you have to know how.
Open the application and enter your profile.
Click on Settings.
Access the Settings location option
Disable Location in background
This change is mainly due to the desire to monetize the application and this has to do with the ability to know where users are even if they do the check-in. The new marketing system is based on the presentation of beacons and personalized messages.
Thus, the application can be sold to third parties your frequent locations and determine with a high degree of accuracy, the favorite places of users and focus on advertising messages that promote these areas.
At this point there are two major lines of disagreement, the first is basically the issue of privacy, which take it away without warning, the second is the fact that they use your data for marketing purposes, someone getting rich by selling your data location.
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