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Oh wow. Facebook and instagram _already_ have access to this collection of location data then. This feels increasingly uncomfortable.
by kylehotchkiss 9y ago
Oh wow. Facebook and instagram _already_ have access to this collection of location data then. This feels increasingly uncomfortable.
- zitterbewegung 9y agoFoursquare buys location data from instagram and then resells it to companies. Then they look at the location data and figure out that people are going to places like an Apple Store and then they take appropriate actions. See https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-31/you-re-using-foursquare-all-the-time-you-just-don-t-know-it https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-31/you-re-us... EDIT: Changed from Hedge fund to companies. Couldn't find source of Hedge funds.
- kccqzy 9y agoBuys data from instagram? Not in source given.
- sib 9y agoWhen you post a picture in the Instagram and Facebook (and Twitter) mobile apps, they offer to tag the post with the location that's embedded in the picture.