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Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The Green Bay Packers have added safety Jermaine Whitehead to the active roster from the practice squad.Packers executive vice president, general manager and director of football operations Ted Thompson announced the signing on Saturday.Whitehead, 24, entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie free agent signing by the San Francisco 49ers in 2015. The 5 foot 11, 195 pound defender spent most of his first season with the 49ers' practice squad. He was added to the Baltimore Ravens' active roster on Dec. 23, 2015, but was inactive for the final two games of the season. Baltimore waived Whitehead in May of 2016 before he signed with the Packers. Whitehead made two special teams appearances last season for the Packers. He was on the Packers' practice squad for the rest of the seaso...

An update to Snapchat that shows publicly posted images on a searchable map has raised safety concerns among parents.Snap Map lets people search for places such as schools and see videos and pictures posted by children inside.It also lets people locate their "friends" on a map that is accurate enough to determine where people live.Snap, the company behind Snapchat, stressed to the BBC that location sharing was an opt-in feature.Exact locationSnap Map was launched on Wednesday and was promoted as a "new way to explore the world".Video clips and photos that members have posted publicly can be discovered on the map, while members who have chosen to share their location can also be seen on the map by those they have added as "friends".However, members can add people they have never met to thei...

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Jermaine Whitehead: Green Bay Packers sign safety to active roster

Snapchat map update raises child safety worries