lets all share our locations with someone

You get kidnapped the first thing they'll do is toss your phone/watch

You get attacked and robbed then they will turn your phone off/remove the SIM

Your phone can easily be smashed before anything happens. Or taken to another location if they really don't want you to be found

Whereas tracking opens up all kinds of abuse, tracking and interference in your life

Agree. My partner and I have shared our locations on our phones. Can’t remember the last time I used it, but it’s a peace of mind thing for both of us.

No, thank you. My life is my own and I don't need babysitting.

The only time I share a location is via Waze if I'm travelling and have a tricky meet up time/place. Other than that, you can keep your beak out, ta.

No thanks. I’d hate people always knowing where I am.

@KreedKafer

"Do whatever you want re. location tracking.

Don’t tell other people what they should do, though. It’s none of your business.

Location tracking shouldn’t be promoted as a default norm. Although it has some minor safety advantages, it’s also a common way for abusive or controlling partners and parents to control/stalk their partner or kids, and encouraging it to be considered a normal safety measure makes it a lot harder for victims to refuse it or complain.

If someone goes missing and has their phone with them, the police can usually use phone mast records to find out roughly where they’ve been anyway, so in an emergency situation there is info available without people being tracked 24/7 by loved ones."

If you start a thread saying 'don't tell people what to do' it's a bit hypocritical to start telling people what should or shouldn't be promoted.

Knowing your family's location has significant safety advantages especially if travelling and frankly I wouldn't want to have to wait for the police to trace me or my relative. Far better for my family to all know where we are if anything happens as unfortunately as women, there are often places and times where it is not safe to walk even if it should be.

As long as people are cautious who they share their location with and often review and revise who has access to it, there's nothing wrong with sharing your location. Especially if it's only looked at in emergencies. Most people aren't doing anything they mind their closest family/friends knowing. You can't live your life in anticipation of being in an abusive relationship.

I don’t want my phone to track me, it tracks energy already without me adding more permissions to allow it.

i do share where I’ll be if appropriate with the people who need to know.

it’s unlikely my dp, or friend or whoever won’t know roughly where il be. Work shop appointment etc

I have location sharing set up as well as Garmin incident detection as I run alone, early in the morning, on trails etc. There have been a few incidents I've read about that have made me more cautious and one incident that happened to me so I'd rather at least my last location was visible. It also makes me feel safer walking home from station in the dark.

No way! I'm not being tracked by anyone!

I hope that those saying it's the norm across their family, respect anyone new coming in, or changing their mind about wanting to be tracked etc.
It's there if someone wants to use it. My DD did walking through a wooded area in Poznań, while talking on the phone to me, as a one off. In MM case, as said, his phone was left behind. We'd find it smothering.

This lovely poster has said it all, and so much better than I ever could.

No. Never. It's completely creepy for someone to be able to electronically "stalk" someone. My husband and I would never dream of using this function. I often don't know where he is coz, guess what? He's a competent adult!

Happy to have this activated on our phones but on the strict understanding we don't use it routinely we use it in an emergency/agreed circumstance only.

Depending on where you are (thinking about going walking/climbing/kayaking etc) there might not be mobile reception anyway. But it is a good idea to leave information to where you are going and when (approx) you'll be back for someone to know you're overdue and give a starting point for the mountain rescue, coastguard or RNLI. I also tend to message someone when driving remote places to say I've arrived safely, particularly if it's late at night.

I don't share my location with anyone at all, ever.

You see to me, tracking means you're living your life as if you could be in danger at any moment...

Absolutely categorically no way do i consent to being tracked by anyone. I do have tracking enabled on my teens with their permission. But i have rarely looked at it as they are trustworthy and excellent at keeping in touch. I cannot track DH nor him me and i cannot think of any reason why i would need it for an adult.

It's good to share awareness OP. Some don't want to be tracked, fair enough, but a good reminder to those of us who don't want to be trapped somewhere without anyone knowing.

I don't want to be tracked. I don't even take my phone with me everywhere I go.

No thanks, maybe if I was going for a long walk alone, but definitely not all the time.

Still no!

I have life360 now the younger dc have started going out and they can check if I'm on the way back from the office etc Ds21 put himself on it as well

@CantFindMyGlasses3

"Sadly many abusive relationships started off seemingly caring"

Yes, but you can't live your life as if every relationship will turn abusive. There are legitimate safety reasons to share location with your partner, mum, child. I share my location with my closest family members as they do with me.

No. Why? I'm a grown up ☺️