Facebook is going to add new privacy control to its Android app. And it let the users to stop the social network from accessing their location when the app isn’t open. Now, Facebook block background location tracking on Android is the update from the company. Earlier Android users compel to accept an all-or-nothing approach to sharing their location. If users decided the app the ability to access their location, the app could collect that data. And that data had been collected no substance what.
Not only that, it uses the location data even when the app wasn’t running in the foreground. So, Facebook block background location tracking on Android.
Facebook block background location tracking
Facebook says that, in the past, it didn’t actually use the ability to check in on Android users’ background location unless they also opted-in to a setting called “location history,” which is required to use some location-based features, like one that alerts you to nearby friends. But now, whether Facebook is allowed to do that or not is much more explicit, with a specific toggle allowing you to approve or deny the app’s access to your location at all times.
According to the Facebook news room release, they have announced an update to Facebook’s location controls on Android to give people more choice. This choice will be over how the social media collection information and how Facebook store it.
On iOS, Apple already presents the option to block an app from using your location in the background, so an update there isn’t needed. Facebook says it’s going to be sending out alerts anyway to both iOS and Android users, asking them to review their location settings.
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