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June 4th, 2015
by aaylward
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Privacy
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Facebook has a feature you might not be aware of called Safety Check that allows people in disaster areas to check in with friends and family when cell towers are not working well. While this can be useful, it can also provide a false sense of safety, as one survivor of the recent Nepal earthquakes points out in an article in the Atlantic. Although someone may be safe at the time of the check-in, disaster areas often pose continual dangers after the catastrophe strikes.  

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