It has been at the brunt of attacks from privacy advocates for revealing important user data to its advertisers.

Now it will go one step further and reveal your location to the businesses without your explicit consent.

Earlier this month, Facebook announced a new feature that willshare your location with businesseswhen youre near their stores.

Facebook Wants To Tell Businesses Where You Are Without Your Consent

The saving grace is that Facebook wont share your personal information and just your geo-location.

However even then this feature feels awfully creepy and invasive to your privacy.

Luckily for Facebook users you’re free to protect yourself from Facebooks prying eyes.

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In the Facebook mobile app, tap on the More tab, and then Account options.

Then go to Location controls and then turn of the toggle for location tracking.

source: www.techworm.net