The app also offers a short Snap Map tutorial the first time someone uses it. The spokesperson said Snapchatters who do share their location with friends are reminded to confirm they still want to do that and they can easily turn it off. Snapchat said it doesn’t offer an option to share one’s location publicly with someone who has not been designated a friend. They can also use “ghost mode,” which hides them on the map. If someone decides to be seen, they can pick friends who can see where they are. Easy resolution?Ī spokesman for Snapchat told the Deseret News by email that location sharing on Snap Map is turned off by default until someone turns it on.
It’s possible it happens and the homeowner or police don’t know how the kids found the party,” Cannon said. Going and stealing or vandalizing is against the law. But finding a party is not itself against the law. “Things can go wrong when there’s a party. That gets you to the area, then it’s a matter of driving around to see if you find cars, noise and other signals that there’s a potentially crashable gathering. Party seekers can also look for the heatmap spots pictured on Snap Map in an area to see where people are actively posting Snapchat stories, then thumb through them to see if there are party pictures. If a friend at the party has turned location on, the place on the map is much more accurate than within 2.48 miles. That’s a problem officers know very well.Ī Snapchat spokesman didn’t directly address whether party crashers get there by way of Snap Map, but said it’s easy for people to opt out of location sharing and that when stories are shared publicly on Snap Map and thus visible to any user who looks, locations are “obfuscated” by up to 2.48 miles (4 kilometers). “I do not doubt it could happen,” Cannon said, noting that different social media tools and platforms have greatly enabled people to spread the word about gatherings - sometimes well beyond anything the party thrower imagined or planned. Whether it’s happening in Utah County or not, experts say teens and parents should be aware of the risks of location sharing and can take steps to reduce the chance such incidents occur. “I can see that happening, but it’s nothing prolific we would be aware of.” Ben Nielsen, a spokesman for the Salt Lake City Police Department. “I’ve never heard that before, but with technology the way it is these days, it sounds legitimate,” said Det. A handful of other local law enforcement agencies had similar responses. He said he’d asked “a bunch of cities” throughout the county and had not found cases where the location-finding feature was cited. Spencer Cannon, public information officer for the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. “In all likelihood, we wouldn’t know that’s how they found out where the party was unless the suspect tells us that,” said Sgt.
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