When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Share Your Location Using a Smartphone<br />The new Snapchat map has raised privacy concerns among some parents<br />and law enforcement officials, who said it was too easy for Snapchat users to add random people as friends, which could potentially let predators track a child’s location.<br />A Snapchat spokeswoman said it was not possible to share your location with people who are not your friends on Snapchat.<br />And Snapchat last month released an interactive map letting people share their location with friends indefinitely.<br />From there, your friend could follow your location on a map through the Apple Maps or Find My Friends apps.<br />On the map, just tap the blue dot that indicates where you are and tap Share your location.<br />This isn’t useful for real-time location sharing because your location on the map updates only when you open the Snapchat app.<br />To broadcast your location, tap Share My Location and choose to share a live update<br />of your location for an hour, until the end of the day or indefinitely.<br />Finally, on Snapchat, with the camera open you can pinch the screen to open a map.
