cnmccarthy
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Thanks Ursamajr, for your input. I really appreciate it! I have no personal knowledge of SnapChat at all. The information upon which I'm basing my opinion is from the video that was linked by the poster, BeesInMyBonnet, a couple days ago.
The video is narrated by LE and he demonstrates the app. It shows clearly that anyone who has the app can clearly pinpoint another person's location on the map with no problem at all, unless that person has modified their settings to ghost (invisible) mode, or limited it to select friends only. It was his contention that many of the younger teen users were not modifying their settings.
That's why he made the video and was sounding the alarm. He wanted them (and their parents) to be aware of this very real danger. He demonstrates exactly on the video how to modify those settings.
Libby and Abby were using SnapChat that very day. No one has ever said whether they were in safe mode or not, or if they were even aware of the dangers.
The discussion here has now centered on whether the perp might have been able to find them that way.
I really applaud you for using the app safely. Thanks again for jumping in and sharing your knowledge and thoughts...
Snapchat's gps features were not yet out when they were murdered. It was a recent update.