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Facebook begins global rollout of “Find Wi-Fi” feature for its mobile apps
- sofaofthedamned 9y agoInteresting how it's only for companies that have it shared on their page. FB will have the same info as Google as to where all the free Wifi is located, they're either being cautious or they're trying to drive companies to setup a page.
- gumby 9y agoOr, you know, they want companies to opt in to sharing. It's a kind of free advertising, but not every coffee shop wants to advertise it has wifi...
- t0mbstone 9y ago"Find Wi-Fi will turn on Location History. This allows Facebook to build a history of precise locations received through your device. You can see or delete this information in your activity log." I think it's kind of ridiculous that just to use a search database, I have to enable 24/7 location tracking of my phone...
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- wmeredith 9y agoWell, you have to pay for all this (Facebook stuff) somehow. It's not free.
- gitpusher 9y agoHmm. Neat trick to incentivize more businesses to share their information, while also tracking more end users.