Facebook 's Nearby Friends feature shares your general location with your friends . The tracking tool is opt - in Making a potentially invasive new feature opt-in suggests Facebook has perhaps learned from some of its past mistakes and privacy problems . so people ' n't accidentally share their location by themselves . Nearby Friends also has an option for sharing a user 's exact location on a map .
Facebook 's Nearby Friends feature shares your general location with your friends . The tracking tool is opt - in so people ' n't accidentally share their location by themselves . Nearby Friends also has an option for sharing a user 's exact location on a map .