Facebook's newest feature Places, which uses GPS to share your location with your friends, launched late last week.
Similar to established location-based social media apps like Foursquare, Yelp and SCVNGR, Places has been touted as a great way to connect with friends and strangers.
But some of the ways you can share your spot is already causing a stir amongst some of the site's 500 million users.
The most controversial option is giving your friends the ability to check you in to a place without your knowledge.
But never fear, there are a few easy ways to keep your privacy whether you use the feature or not.
Here's a step-by-step guide to make sure you don't share too much information with the world:
1. Just log into Facebook and then head on over to your Privacy Settings. That's located in the account drop-down menu in the upper right side of the page.
2. Then towards the bottom of the page you'll see a link that says Customize Settings. Click on that.
3. Once the page loads, look for the option: Places I Check Into under the Things I Share section.
You're going want to choose at least the Friends Only option to ensure strangers can't see your check-ins.
4. Right below that, is an option for your check-ins to show up on the place's page on Facebook. Uncheck that option.
For example, if you leave this enabled and then check into a place -- strangers will be able to see you're there even though you may have set the previous option to Friends Only.
5. Last, is probably the most controversial feature -- friend's being able to check you into a location.
Just like friends can tag you in photos, they can also check you into a place -- if you let them. So in the next section below, look for the feature that says Friends Can Check Me Into Places. Then choose Disable.
6. Just go back to the top of the page and click Back to Privacy and you're done.
And remember, Facebook Places only works from a device that has GPS capabilites. So someone can't sit at home and just check you into a place willy-nilly.
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