lets all share our locations with someone

Well, I work outdoors and alone every single day of the week and it's genuinely never occurred to me that I should turn my location on.

I don't remember that thread, but surely the emergency contacts on a phone, which can be accessed without the pin, and id in a wallet like a driving license would have meant the hospital were aware who they were and allowed the police to alert the next of kin?

Aren't you still assuming there are family members involved, OP? Some of us have already said there isn't anybody around to fill that role.

I find it odd that friends track their friends. I wouldn't dream of tracking my friends, we're all adults. On occasions I've been out I've sent a message to say I'm home safely.

Children are different but we survived without being tracked and without mobile phones and we had kidnappers, rapists, terrorists just as much as now.

I have my dds locations and they have mine.

There is no way I would ever allow anyone to track me. I find the concept quite suffocating and I would reevaluate any relationship in which I was asked to do this. I also have no interest in tracking anyone else. I’m fiercely private and independent and cannot fathom being under this kind of surveillance.

I have lost count of how many threads are started by women whose DH’s are slightly late home and the tracking isn’t working.

Or from women whose husbands are on a night out and aren't home bang on the estimated time they agreed to.

However, saying that, I do think a lot of these threads wouldn't exist if people communicated properly. If you're normally home by 6pm and know you're going to be late, then text. If you're stuck in traffic, call. If you're going to another pub or decide to crash on Tom's sofa, then just let someone know.

It's not about tracking or controlling someone's whereabouts, just about not creating a load of unnecessary drama and worry over nothing.

Absolutely this!! 👏👏

What a refreshing attitude to have!

I have lost count of how many threads are started by women whose DH’s are slightly late home and the tracking isn’t working.

If always turns out that there was an explanation and nothing to worry about.

It’s the main reason why I have never lived with a partner because this level of micromanaging (control) makes me feel so uncomfortable.

As an adult, I should be able to go where I want and not be tracked or need to be home at a certain time.

I would never share my location with anyone.

Its extremely rare to go missing and I’d rather take that chance than be tracked 24/7.

The only exceptions should be if people are hiking in the middle of nowhere on their own, but I don’t do that anyway.

The majority of people who get lost/kidnapped don’t have the use of their phones anyway - get left behind, run out of battery, get thrown away etc.

My freedom is the most important thing to me.
I don’t like people knowing where I am or what I’m doing most of the time.

I’m willing to take the risk and if I end up dead because of it, then I’ll accept it.

I live alone and a large number of my friendship group are single women so we do tend to keep in touch every few days but would never dream of wanting to track each other’s movements. Maybe a text if one of us has gone away just to ensure they’ve reached their destination safely and if they need any shopping for their return.

I quite often go off camping and walking where there’s practically no mobile phone signal. It would never occur to me to let anyone know where I was yet alone want to be tracked by them.

I have friends that do this, I find it very odd that they check on each other throughout the day. They will often tell me that someone has just been sitting in their house all day or they have gone to the shops.

when out walking in a remote location sure turn it on but not your day to day life. I am with the poster who said it can be used to breed a lack of trust.

"It’s so common in my circle. Me and about eight girlfriends all share locations, plus me, my mum and sister and nephews."

That's gonna cause problems at some point

I thank my lucky stars that this technology wasn't available when I was at university, as my mother would have used it, and phoned to check up on me, and basically continued to smother me. Not a bad mother, just extremely paranoid about certain things.

I don't track my children for this reason... my mothers anxiety does affect my life.

I find it odd too.

It also doesn't really help any worries you might have - the phone could be off or out of battery, or have been left in the car or the office.

Nope. I go on nights out by myself, solo bike rides, and multi-day hikes and don't want to be constantly tracked.

I guess I just don't really understand the apparent fear or anxiety some posters seem to have. Checking their DH got to work okay, or is not home at the expected time. If my DH is home late from work I assume work is taking longer than expected or he's stuck in traffic.

pointless if phone dies or you are separated from it. I think tracking someone else is beyond creepy. I’d never do it. Poor kids now have no freedom or independence. It’s so invasive and promotes fear and worry.

That's what my abusive ex used to say when he wanted to check my phone every day. No thanks. It's not about having something to hide, it's about me as a grown adult wanting some privacy and being entitled to that.

I share my location with dh when I am running.

DH and I have each other and tye dc on "find my" .

I share my location with DH, DM, DB and best friend. They all share with me. When best friend’s phone was stolen by a moped in London, she fb me to ask me to track it - another advantage. I use Find friends to know when my mum is home to call her to chat, I also know she stalks me on holiday to check I’m ok / see my hotel. I have nothing to hide and couldn’t care less. DH has never looked at my location lol

Yes, and the "if you've nothing to hide" argument has been used to push all sorts of surveillance.

In some ways we seem to be heading back to the pre-18th century attitudes before people were able to have privacy, when just wanting to be alone was viewed as an aberration.

I don't live in fear

I share my uber rides if I'm alone or its late but not my general location, I'd find it really invasive if my husband wanted to track me like that

This isn't North Korea - people are entitled to their privacy.