DETROIT – Snapchat's latest feature has many parents worried about their children's safety.
The popular social sharing app Snapchat, which has a younger demographic, released a new feature last week called "Snapmap."
Snapmap allows users to track down another Snapchat user’s location, right down to the street in which they’ve made their last post.
You also don’t have to be friends with that user on Snapchat in order to access the information.
Police say it’s a feature that predators are drawn to. It has the ability to give out the location of your child’s school if they post at school and even where they are hanging out with friends.
“It’s very scary because predators have the same technology as our kids, so unless parents do something to limit that, predators have access to your children,” said parent Jennifer Pozolopez. “I don’t need for everyone to know her every move. Just the thought of that makes me really nervous.”
There is a way for you to control the Snapmap feature, by putting Snapchat into “Ghost Mode.”
In order to do this, touch the selfie feature on the camera and as you zoom out, it will give you the option of changing who can see your location.