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Anyone not tracked via their phone?

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Bighouseinthecountry25 · 20/05/2025 10:06

As far as I know I can't be location tracked. DH and I can't track each other and I have Snapchat to keep an eye on my teens but I don't share my location. I don't have a particularly exciting life but I like to be under the radar. Surely I'm not the only one as it seems to be the norm. We all have androids as well so no fine my phone iPhone thing.

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FrangipaniBlue · 24/05/2025 07:43

Me and DS share locations but I’m pretty sure he never tracks me because I often get texts saying “where you at?” 😆

FrangipaniBlue · 24/05/2025 07:44

I have live tracking set up on my Garmin for safety - when I go out cycling on my own DH gets a text with a link that he can click and track me. But aside from that DH and I don’t track each other.

DeathWish · 24/05/2025 21:03

Anedina · 23/05/2025 21:49

Is it through the Find My app that she can see you if you have family sharing. I can see my AirPods and stuff on mine.

Yes but I don’t know how to turn them off. I’m not that bothered but as we have a family group set up (as the children have to be in one I think until they are 16) we. An all see wherever each others devices are.

saffy2 · 05/10/2025 22:33

We added each other as family on iPhone find my friends because my partner lost his phone and we had a major panic trying to find it. We then added each other and the next time I just tracked its last location (it was dead) and we found it. This is a frequent occurrence 😂😂😂😂 we’ve also discovered it can beep.
we like it, also I do a lot of driving up and down the country with the kids, it’s useful he can see where I am to know when to cook for the kids etc.
im more concerned about people I don’t know tracking me, like apple/google than my own boyfriend 😂😂😂🤷🏽‍♀️

ButterPiesAreGreat · 05/10/2025 22:46

We all share locations between us 4 - me, DH, DS20 and DD19. It’s mainly used for practical reasons. We use find my so you can’t track someone without their knowledge as they have to accept. Even if you want it to tell you when they leave a location, they get a notification too.

ARichtGoodDram · 05/10/2025 22:55

We don't do tracking generally. One of my DDs, who has narcolepsy, will turn on tracking with someone else if she is travelling a distance alone, or going somewhere new. Beyond that I think it leads to complacency and isn't something that should be normalised in relationships. DD has already dumped three lads who reckoned she should share location with them all the time simply because she shares it occasionally.

I had to say to my teens that if their friends come to our house before going anywhere then their phones have to leave when they do. I'm fairly sure a couple of the "ah X forgot their phone" were due to the kid in question trying to dodge their parents tracking.

ZZTopGuitarSolo · 05/10/2025 23:01

PNDshame · 22/05/2025 22:15

I'm shocked, honestly had no idea this was even a thing to track family members?! Maybe I'll feel differently when my kids are old enough to not be by my side 24/7

I've very occasionally turned on live location on WhatsApp so someone who's expecting me knows where I am on a journey to meet me in public etc but that's it

My 20-something lives in Chicago - she shares her location with us, and while I don’t feel the need for it, I do find it comforting that when I hear about something bad happening, I can quickly check she’s not in that area.

ZZTopGuitarSolo · 05/10/2025 23:03

I’m also grateful when my kids share their locations when they get into Uber or Lyfts. Too many dodgy experiences myself when I was their age.

TwilightAb · 05/10/2025 23:11

I hate the thought of being tracked. I'm an adult and therefore dont need my husband to know where I am 24 hrs a day. If he needs to know I will tell him and vice versa. So no we dont have location trackers.

padronpepper · 05/10/2025 23:21

My kids have travelled the world and we have never tracked them. None of us have any tracking enabled.

Delphigirl · 05/10/2025 23:25

I don’t track anyone and nobody tracks me.
the dog has a tracker though as she’s a naughty escape artist. But she’s the only one in our family.

pinkpony88 · 05/10/2025 23:32

I set up find my friends on my phone so DH could see me because I often work in remote locations alone. It just makes me feel better that if something happened to me he would know where I was. When I set it up he also shared his location with me. I guess just as a courtesy because I’d shared mine. Fortunately, neither of us has ever needed this but it doesn’t bother me that he could see where I was. In reality he runs a business and works 6 days a week. He barely has time for a wee some days let alone looking where I am!

RossGellersCat · 05/10/2025 23:37

DH and I don't track eachother. (Demographic wise we're late thirties). I think we'd both hate it. DH bought a ring doorbell a few years back and he knows that I don't even like that because on my two days at home I'm very aware he can see when I leave the house and return. (Not that I believe he'd look for that purpose). I agree it's a bit creepy and probably fuels suspicions and paranoia in a lot of relationships; it's not for me at all.

Halloweengaul · 05/10/2025 23:39

Android user here I have find hub on my phone and the kids incase we loose our phone we can find them.
The other day I was trying to figure out how to share my location with my daughter cause I was lost and I couldn't figure it out so she checked find hub and was able to locate me.

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