This meant that Khanna and the strangers could ideally see the locations from where they are messaging each other.
The location of the users was automatically shared by the Facebook Messenger app with anyone whom the user messaged.
Khanna tweeted about the app on May 26 and posted about it on Reddit andMedium.
Marauders Map began to go viral.
It was downloaded 85,000 times in three days, before he was asked to suspend the app by Facebook.
Later, Facebook updated Messenger for mobile allowing the users to use the option to control their GPS data.
This isnt the sort of thing that can happen in a week, Steinfeld told Boston.com.
Even though we move very fast here, theyd been working on it for a few months.
However, Khanna had a different point of view on this.
When Khanna started studying at Harvard, he used to use the Facebook Messenger frequently.
Despite being asked repeatedly to remove the code, the creator of this tool left it up.
This is wrong and its inconsistent with how we think about serving our community.
However, Khanna is not that all unhappy.
He has landed another internship with a tech startup in Silicon Valley.
source: www.techworm.net
