New Instagram chat app will encourage you to share location and real-time data with ‘close friends’

[Chris Smith]

After killing Direct, which was supposed to be Instagram's own messaging system, Facebook is going to unveil a new chat app that will be tied to Instagram accounts, as if the world needed more Facebook messaging apps. However, an Instagram-based chat app can play a more prominent role in Facebook's ecosystem. Messenger and WhatsApp are already in use by hundreds of millions of people around the world, and Facebook plans to unify them into a single, private chat product. That product, however, should also incorporate Instagram's messaging app.

The problem with Threads, which is what the app is called, is that it'll actively encourage users to share more details with close friends, not just messages and status updates. And the list includes sensitive information like location, battery life, and even speed.

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