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Archives for August 2025
Richard Lawler
Instagram wants to know where you are and it’s freaking people out.
The new Instagram Maps request to enable location services (feeding Meta valuable ad targeting data from your Android or iPhone) has spawned incredulous reactions, along with claims it’s on by default, despite Adam Mosseri’s denials.
Still, he says, “We’ll get out a few design improvements as quickly as possible.”
Dominic Preston
WhatsApp without the WhatsApp.
We’ve known WhatsApp is working on chats with other apps for some time, in order to comply with EU rules on interoperability, but Meta is also working on chats without any app at all.
WABetaInfo found evidence for “guest chats” in a beta build, which let users send a link for an online chat, no app or account required. It’ll be encrypted, but limited to text only — no voice calls, group chats, or even GIFs.
WhatsApp beta for Android 2.25.22.13: what's new?
[wabetainfo.com]
