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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.”

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