+31 Constant location sharing is weird, amirite?

by Same-Exercise4638 1 week ago

I understand that the function can infringe on the sense of privacy one has, but it can also be useful for emergencies or certain situations. It's like a knife. It can be used for good or bad. What you do with it is up to you.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah, there's nothing wrong with sharing locations, it only becomes a problem when people do use it to monitor others, in which case that's an individual issue.

by Fun-Relationship-345 1 week ago

I share my location with my cousin who lives in NYC and I live in the Midwest. We just randomly look at each others and it's a fun way to stay connected in different way. We definitely don't have anything to hide from each other lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah, my mom wanted to put location tracking on my phone. I'm like, I'm 28. If you didn't need it when I was in my teens, you don't need it now. I found a loophole. I have an Android phone, and the Life360 app doesn't show your exact location with battery saver on. So I put it on my phone and almost always have the battery saver on, lol. I more have it on there to keep track of my disabled brother (and vice versa; if I need him to be able to see where I am, I turn off the battery saver). It also will still alert if I'm in a car accident or something.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Having access is a good thing. Constantly watching it and obsessing over it is not.

by huelheber 1 week ago

Location monitoring has a chilling effect and sometimes people won't even realize it's affecting them. I have had friends avoid certain places because their SO would find it suspicious they're in a certain area or at a certain restaurant even though nothing wrong is going on. People far overestimate these "emergencies" that this seems to get sold on. Share your location with trusted family members who don't have an active investment in needing to know where you are all the time. If there's an actual emergency, you'll still be able to know. Anything else is BS IMO.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Sounds more like an issue with their SOs not being mature and jumping to conclusions. I have my location shared with my SO, and I never worry about where I'm going and she never questions me as well. Literally I don't ever think twice about going to a location being concerned about what my gf will think.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That sounds like they're dating controlling partners and isn't a location sharing issue

by JumpyFuel 1 week ago

For me, back when I was working in the Casino industry, I worked Graveyard, 2am-10am usually, if something to happen to me in the middle of the night on the way to work or coming home, I wanted her to know my location so she can come and get me if something where to happen and I am unable to get to my phone. The only incident this happened was a dude was trying to follow me home from the Casino because I dealt him a bad hand on the UTH table I Was dealing at, and I needed my wife to know I had to take a detour because of some creep.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Gross, what happened to said creeper?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I ate him

by savionullrich 1 week ago

What? Then who did I eat?

by iabshire 1 week ago

The creepers creeper

by Emotional_Abroad_617 1 week ago

There's always a bigger fish

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I lost him in some neighborhood and headed home. I didn't have a plate so Calling the cops wouldn't do much for me, i guess having the hind sight now i should of just went to a police station. but at the time I was scared and just focused on loosing him.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I hike alone a lot. I share with my mom and sister. I think whatever might happen is inevitable but if I had an accident, like a broken bone and couldn't walk back to my car, they could direct help to me.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I mean, it saves a bunch of "where you at?", "you still at the store?", "what time will you be home?" texts LOL

by Level_Avocado 1 week ago

My gf used to work like 30 minutes away and she'd get out at different times. So she'd text me when she was leaving work, but I'd check her location to see if she was stuck in traffic or anything to time dinner. I never really use it now or anything, but it was nice for that. I'd have a better idea on timing dinner so it would be ready when she got home.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My wife works in the life sciences, and her hours are erratic during manufacturing runs and trials. Usually she also can't text a ton during those. So good to see she's still at work if it's 8:30 and I haven't heard from her.

by Livid-Design4228 1 week ago

My partner and I share locations, at first for safety, but now it is for this reason. I see how close to the house she is so I can help unload groceries, or I see if she left work yet to know whether its better to call or text to get a quicker response

by aniyatromp 1 week ago

I'm 30m, I have my location on all the time for my wife. I drive just over an hour to and from work. It's easier for her, and safer for me, to just share my location so she can check to see when I leave the office or how far from home I am. I also have hers because she is with our daughter most of the time, so I can see what they're up to. To me, I don't find it weird. Neither one of us use it often, but it's convenient when we need to. I also have my location shared with my best friend and his with me, that way if either one of us ever ends up "dead in a ditch", there is at least one person who will have our location, or at least last cell-phone ping.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I used to check Find iPhone when my mom promised she was bringing dinner home, so I could estimate how much longer we'd be waiting for the food. That was convenient.

by lemuel71 1 week ago

I don't care who knows where I am. My wife could have my location at any time, I have nothing to hide.

by Inner_Negotiation_77 1 week ago

I agree. It's one thing if your partner is crazy and uses it against you in some way (like an abusive relationship), but if you have a normal, healthy relationship then there's nothing wrong with it. It's just a safety thing.

by Fun-Relationship-345 1 week ago

Exactly, I don't know why people would NOT share with their spouse. It makes it so they don't have to text you if you are busy, and if they ask you, you would probably just tell them anyway so why not share?

by EntertainmentOne8454 1 week ago

"Why wouldn't you share" isn't a good argument. There should be a good reason to do that, not the other way around, If you trust me, why would you want my location? Most of us have boring lives and live in safe areas, so being randomly killed isn't a likely event

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If I'm visiting somewhere unsafe, sure, I would enable location sharing for that time. But why have it all the time? If the car accident is minor, I will walk out and text my wife. If it's major and I'm in hospital or dead, paramedics will take care of notifying the family. Having location sharing on won't even make her know that much faster

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Whenever people talk about needing their phone to track them 24/7 or needing to be accessible all the time, I wonder if I'm the only one who remembers a time before smartphones and how people weren't just constantly disappearing or dropping dead all the time. Somehow the vast majority of people made it home safely every night.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Exactly. I'm 25, but that was my childhood. We only had dumb phones, SMS and calls were expensive, so there was no constant connection. If someone's late by a few hours - you'd call them, otherwise they are probably in a traffic jam or went to a grocery store before going home or whatnot

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My ex used to track my movements by whether or not my phone was using data or was connected to wifi through our phone account. If he asked where I was, I would tell him honestly. Then he would demand photo proof, and would still accuse me of cheating. Like I was running a train in the Burger King drive-through line or something. That's why I would not share location info with a spouse. It's not necessary and after being on the wrong side of it, never again.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My parents are a bit older and wanted me to have access to their location at all times for safety. They live 2 hours away and knowing when they are on a walk or driving into town has been a nice way for me to figure out if something is wrong. It is used extremely passively, but several times one of them has called me to ask if I know where they are, and the answer is almost always Walmart lol

by No_Farmer_6715 1 week ago

Im a young woman and I live in a separate country from my loved ones. I keep my location on for them just in case anything were to happen to me โ€” so that someone would have a last known location, since I may not be seen by anyone that knows me for days at a time.

by Keeblermabel 1 week ago

This seems a very logical use for it. If I was living abroad for a period I'd be inclined to do the same, even as a middle aged man.

by AgileEntrepreneur766 1 week ago

It's hilarious that people can't even agree to which way a toilet paper roll goes on the holder and yet we expect to agree on political views, the education system and very complex issues. It's simple as this, who gives a F what you do in your life!!!! If it works for you and your family, beautiful. If it doesn't work for you, beautiful. People are different and feel differently about location sharing. My wife never keeps her location on because she is paranoid about the government. I always have my location on because I use it to keep track of my driving and time I leave jobs. I don't have to track my mileage because my phone does it for me with time stamps but who cares about us because it worked FOR US. If OP thinks it's weird , then it's weird for her. If she gets kidnapped and having her phone's location off cost her, her life then that's on her. We did live without this technology for thousands of years. ๐Ÿ˜‚

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My kids location is shared with me and so is mine with them. I don't se the issue. When having a mobile phone it will always be technically possible to pinpoint your whereabouts at a any given point in time.

by Exotic_Chemical4345 1 week ago

I'm 28, but I have location turned on and shared with my mom. I have health issues and have had a near death experience before. I actually insisted that my location be on. I'm a single woman that lives alone, I think it's incredibly beneficial that my mom have my location at all times in case anything happens to me. I understand that not everybody can trust their parents with that kind of information, but I'm thankful that I can

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree. I share mine when I go on motorcycle rides in case something happens, but thats it. I've 12 years, I've never asked my wife to share her location. That's just weird.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

T H I S

by Same-Exercise4638 1 week ago

Yeah, I never joined the Life360 when my family was doing it. Just didn't like the idea. Although if you are going somewhere, you should always tell someone you're going. In case something does occur, they know where you went.

by Correct-Cattle53 1 week ago

I've never tried it but I'd love to have this feature when my mom drives from an adjacent region to visit me and our family

by lednerlitzy 1 week ago

Google maps does it really easily. That's how my spouse and I share. I also share with my in laws when we drive cross country to visit them.

by Patient-Calendar-599 1 week ago

Thanks, I'll check it out and try to explain it to my mother :)

by lednerlitzy 1 week ago

Constant location sharing? Thats a thing? Doesnt that burn a lot of data and also phone battery?

by Amelia70 1 week ago

In my experience it only seems to update every 15-45 minutes or so if not longer, unless I specifically open it up to look at it, then it tries to ping for an immediate update. At least that's how I generally experience it - when I open Google maps I see my wife's location (if she's nearby, because maps opens up centered on where I'm at) and it shows her location was updated like 20-30 minutes ago, then it updates to live within a second or two. If it only fetches and then uploads your location periodically throughout the day, the impact on your data and battery is going to be rather minimal, but I think it does give you a warning when you activate location sharing that it could impact your battery/data. It's not a big deal for me - I'm on wifi and near a charger pretty much all day anyways, and my phone battery only burns through 30-60% in a day depending on how much I'm using it. If I'm concerned about battery/data usage (e.g. out camping or hiking somewhere with poor signal) I usually just turn location/data off altogether.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I use location share during travel in case I go out without partner. Not that they ever notice, lol.

by madilyn90 1 week ago

I share my location with family and friends, idk it just gives me a sense of security and ease.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

A friend and I share location but it's because she's a stripper and she doesn't always feel safe and wants someone to know where she's at

by Ancient_Moose5840 1 week ago

agreed, I've got nothing to hide, but im just a private person who enjoys doing stuff without having to disclose literally all my comings and goings. its suffocating

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Get married, have kids, want to check how close your husband is to home without asking so you know when to start dinner. It's not a big deal.

by Character-Try 1 week ago

It is really weird. I have no desire to know where my wife is every moment of the day.

by Raoulkreiger 1 week ago

Then don't check her location? It's only so you can check her location if we need it for some reason. For example, my wife will check my location right before she starts cooking to see if I am on my way home or not. Otherwise she will wait 10-20 minutes until I am actually on my way home.

by EntertainmentOne8454 1 week ago

It's the principle of the matter. People deserve a little privacy without being monitored (or even the possibility of being monitored) all day.

by Puzzleheaded_Pie 1 week ago

...without having to leave behind the interconnected device that monitors by design?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

They don't mind being monitored by everyone else, and having their data stolen/sold, but they draw the line at their partner knowing where they are ๐Ÿ˜‚

by Fun-Relationship-345 1 week ago

And if you are in a meeting? Or have your hands full? Maybe you are afraid or maybe your relationship isn't healthy and worry she will check your location at a "bad" time?

by EntertainmentOne8454 1 week ago

Not OP, but if I'm in a meeting, then I'm definitely not coming home yet. And if my hands are full, they will be empty in 5 minutes because likely they are full of groceries and I'm carrying them to my car The only reason to have full location sharing is if you're going to a sketchy place of something. Otherwise, people just talk and have a rough idea of where their SO is at each time of day, which is good enough

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If we are busy it's not a big deal to us if dinner is a little late or early. Maybe I don't want her to know I got Wendy's for the 3rd time this week. I'm not doing anything wrong but someone having access to my location at all times creeps me out.

by Raoulkreiger 1 week ago

Maybe I don't want her to know I got Wendy's for the 3rd time this week. God I relate to this so hard

by Anonymous 1 week ago

God forbid a text or phone call sits unanswered for a little while. That just sounds like paranoia.

by Middle_Celery 1 week ago

Yeah my partner and I started sharing locations because we were long distance and would meet up in different cities. We live together now and really the only time I check his location is if he's out late and I haven't heard from himโ€” lots of fun violence around here now days and he bikes a lot. Also if he and my dad are together and aren't answering my mom and I because she's scared my dad's gonna come home with another animal ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

by karolannsenger 1 week ago

My aunts, uncles and parents do it, but that's cause they'll all stroked out and could become confused and lost at any moment.

by Damaris41 1 week ago

Sorry but my cat, my rules.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My bf does it sometimes when he drives and its nice because it helps me gauge how far he is, also i know hes safe :) thats it tho its for the drive yo me usually

by Choice_Stay 1 week ago

I could see a group of friends mutually turning it on temporarily at a festival or something, that would be pretty useful. I agree though, we already live in a society that expects everyone to be "constantly on-call"--this used to be reserved for people like doctors who might be needed on short notice... everyone else was basically unreachable if they weren't home. Til they returned and played their messages back. And then it was up to us whether or not to return a call. It was honestly a much lower pressure reality. I wouldn't want to give up my ability to return to that when I really feel like I need to become unreachable for a spell.

by AgileEntrepreneur766 1 week ago

My girlfriend and I share locations in case of emergency. The only time I have checked the location is so I know how long its going to take for her to get home so I can cook dinner on time.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Me and my husband use it. Well, we have it turned on, we don't really tend to use it. I've only ever felt the need to check once, when he told me he was leaving work (which is 15mins away), then didn't arrive home for 2h and wasn't answering my phone calls. I was worried he'd got into an accident. He was just still at the workshop and got chatting with someone lol.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Agreed. I grew up just fine with my parents not knowing where I was at all times. It's just an odd invasion of privacy to me

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I have 2 sisters who each have their own families. Between them and my parents - they ALL have cameras going indoors/outdoor 24/7 and are all members of Life360 which located their whereabouts at all times. And they all share access to each other's cameras. WEEEEEEEIRD. Freaking weird.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My husband and I share constantly so he doesn't have to answer while he drives I can just look and estimate how long till he's home. Or when the kids and I get up and can peek to make sure he made it safe to work. His commute is dangerous and I've lost several loved ones to driving accidents. He does the same when I'm out with the kids.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Why would sharing location with your boyfriend breed nosiness and paranoia unless you're already paranoid and don't trust each other? If you're in a committed relationship having your location shared shouldn't feel like risky business.

by ReporterImportant 1 week ago

Not unpopular to me. Normalizing this will never happen in my house. Not for adults anyway.

by Williamsonnyasi 1 week ago

You don't think you'll ever need it but in the event of an emergency you'll wish you did. It's not for people to be weird, it's for someone like a partner to be able to see what's going on when they haven't heard from you in hours and it's unlike you to not be home by a certain time.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I live alone, so no one really would expect me to be home at a specific time or whatever. If my family doesn't hear from me for a while and see my location is somewhere they don't recognize, how do they know whether I'm not answering my phone because I'm busy hanging out with friends or whatever or if I've been kidnapped / am in trouble. Maybe this is a problem with my family, but I think it'd be way more likely my grandma panics and calls for help when I don't need it because my phone was on silent for a day than I'm in trouble and she needs my location.

by No_Efficiency_6961 1 week ago

I don't even know how and I'm fine with that.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You and your friends are outliers. I don't want it to be that easy for anyone to see where I am. I have a right to my own life. I don't shame anyone for having it on but it seems like tracking friends is a running theme that is pretty recent.

by Super_Mixture_5162 1 week ago

same, i think its kinda creepy. totally different if you have a safety concern for something but i think it's weird for parents to track their kids and people to track their partners.

by Ok-Question2891 1 week ago

I have access yo my mom's location but she has dementia. Other than that I have no ones location and would never expect to.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Agreed, I give my location to my mom when I'm out of town but that's about it

by Feeling-Bear 1 week ago

same.. Safety is the only concern for anyone, women/children mainly, but I am not a fan of it myself.. Sucks that we are tracked with everything we do via electronics

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My husband and I share ours. It's more of a safety thing than anything. I have never checked his location but I can if I need to

by vtromp 1 week ago

Have fun when you lose your phone

by Anonymous 1 week ago

My gf shares it with me cause she would want me to know where she is if anything were to happen to her. It's not just an invasion of privacy but more of an extra barrier of safety.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Same as everybody else, nobody has it to control me, everyone who has it has it for my safety. My dad had it for a minute but when he started asking why I wasn't home at 3am, I turned it off for him and told him he could have it back when he learned to respect my adulthood. He has it now and it's never been a problem and I feel so much safer!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Im in my 30's and live in my home country I do not share location with anyone my brother is later 20's and lives far far away from my mom he shares his location with her she mostly uses it to see if he is home so she can call him and talk if he is out and about my mom doesn't call as she know he is doing something seems to work for them and my mom really doesn't check or care where my brothers at they just find it convenient.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't know. I have access to my boyfriends location. He gave me a necklace with a note that said something along the lines of "so you can keep track of your boy. I <3 you." I have his full consent, and it helps a lot when he's on a trip or something. It's like an extra safety measure.

by iabshire 1 week ago

Doesn't breed any nosiness or paranoiaโ€ฆ I think you're projecting. It saves a ton of efficiency asking where the other person is which comes up all the time in a relationship and it's not always convenient to respond in a meeting or driving. If my fiancรฉe is on her way home I can check how far away she is so I know when to start cooking for example

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I share mine constantly with my husband. He drives a lot for work and it saves the "when are you home?" texts when I know he's driving. Instead of encouraging bad habits while driving, it's helpful. Thats all we use it for.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I share my location with my brother and bf. Just in case something happens to me or I lose my phone which happens so much. My brother knows where I am just incase my car breaks down or whatever and my bf likes to know where I am so he can plan dinner or running an errand. I like having my bf location because he works all over and I can plan to have dinner or lunch ready depending on the time. But I get it how some people would find it too much. I don't really care either way it's not a deal breaker.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I actually appreciate the right people knowing my last location. Make some feel safe. Definitely not everyone tho.

by Comfortable_Log665 1 week ago

After watching the last season of love is blind, location sharing reveals a lot about a person

by lebsackdevan 1 week ago

As a female especially I would want a trusted person to have my location just for safety. If I went missing, if I wasn't where I was supposed to be, that information could be life or death. But the key is a trusted person. Sharing with everyone or anyone is stupid and just as dangerous.

by InformalEmotion5912 1 week ago

Creepy and weird but useful in certain situations

by Ok-Rain 1 week ago

It's super handy to have with roommates. Dudes been my best friend since I was 14 so it's not like privacy is a concern. If I'm grabbing food on the way home I can check to see if he is there so I can grab him something, and if I'm ever wanting do something I can check to see if he is at the gym meaning I can wait a few or if he is at work meaning Im solo today.

by mcdermotttrento 1 week ago

We are in our 70's. It is reassuring for each of us to know where we are in case something happens. Years back, my husband mentioned, at a family dinner at which his ex wife was also at, that we have that app on our phones. She told him it was intrusive. He looked her in the face and asked why since he wasn't ever where he should not be.

by Unlucky-Discount6158 1 week ago

My wife and I do this, at my suggestion, in case of an emergency like a car accident or something.

by cornelius64 1 week ago

i share my location with my mom, my 2 best friends and always a partner - mutually. it's important to us that we know where one another are just in case something happens or one of us ends up in a precarious situation

by Mountain-Finger-2184 1 week ago

I use it because my friend's schedules are crazy. If I see them at work/ school I don't call them to chat knowing they're busy. If they're at home though then fair game! It's honestly super useful for people with crazy schedules in this way.

by kaela64 1 week ago

My husband and I have life 360 purely so I know he got home safe because he works overnight

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree, for the most part. I'm still a minor, so having my parents know where I am makes me feel safer. But I could understand why this would be uncomfortable for someone who's already an adult.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

As a woman who's almost been kidnapped before, I will always have my location shared with my husband. And he has his shared with me. It's a safety thing for us. There's also no reason why we would want to hide where we are from each other

by Klutzy_Bluejay 1 week ago

It's a safety thing and if you feel like it's weird then good for you for having that privilege. Sharing my location has saved my life at least one time and for that I will always always have my location shared with my girlfriend, my roommate and my best friend. You never know when you're in trouble and can't reach your own phone.

by ProfessionUnique4217 1 week ago

Me and my best friend share ours just in case. But neither of us are toxic so idk that might be a big factor here.

by Calm-Money-3409 1 week ago

I share my location on life360 with my family/gf. We all drive a lot, and go all over the place. None of us constantly check it or "stalk" one another, just watch the notifications that "x left this location" and "x made it to their destination". None of us have anything to hide or go anywhere embarrassing. We also don't question each other on where we go, nor do any of us care about the destination, or why x person is there, and more so just that x person made it there ok.

by AcrobaticIsopod 1 week ago

I turn my sharing of location off and on depending if I'm leaving the house alone. When I turn it on my husband and 2 grown sons are the only ones I share it with. A few years ago someone who wants to cause me harm, assaulted me and left me for dead in 2005, ran me off the road and left me unconscious so my location being on saved my life.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

What are you hiding OP ๐Ÿ‘€

by Anonymous 1 week ago

When you have a spouse and kids, that changes your perspective on such things.

by kerlukeclemmie 1 week ago

Me too, but also those people on snapchat that just take a pic of the floor, like why?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I have my parent's location. They think they are keeping tabs on me but in reality its the other way around. Lmao

by Financial-Judgment65 1 week ago

Me and my wife share our locations for safety, emergency reasons, or simple things like being able to pinpoint how close she is to the house before I call and ask if she can pick up milk on the way home from work. I understand it's not something for everyone especially if you have trust issues in your relationship or there are things in your life that you just want to keep private from others. But it works great for my wife and I and honestly we don't think anything of it. Cool bonus fact, it actually helped us find my wife's phone after a night of us bar hopping and drinking etc. It was dropped on the side of the road at one of the many locations we went to and it had it not been for location sharing we would not have been able to pinpoint it down to at least 20 ft. From there it was just a matter of scanning the ground and asking people until we found it.

by andy58 1 week ago

Aw I love it. It's only for super close friends I trust. If I ever get lost or kidnapped or something I like knowing people can still find me and vice versa. Also keeps me honest with them ๐Ÿ˜…, if I say I'm on the way I have to tell the truth. If I say I have other plans and I'm at home they know it's BS. You can also turn it off at anytime if you really wanted to, idk I don't mind it

by DecentGanache 1 week ago

If anything at least one person needs to know where you are at all times. Its a safety thing.

by Dry-Introduction 1 week ago

Agreed. Not sure if most people feel this way, but I trust my spouse and he trusts me. We might do location sharing if we are worried about getting lost or are trying to detemine when someone will arrive, but otherwise, completely unnecessary. Maybe it could be useful for a partner who previously cheated and is trying to build back trust, or a teen who has had issues with addiction, and needs to rebuild trust with parents. In other words, the need for constant location sharing seems centered on lack of trust. Unless it's about "when is my amazon package arriving?"

by xboehm 1 week ago

I share my location with my spouse and a couple of friends. My grandmother was in a serious car accident where without my mother knowing her location emergency response would have been less quick and my mom wouldn't have been able to make it to her in a timely fashion. My mom and emergency response making it in time allowed the response to be quick and for my mom to override my grandmother insisting (with a mind not working due to blood loss) that she wanted to go to a worse and further away hospital then the one my mom directed the emergency response team to take her to. Without location sharing I wouldn't have my grandmother. So yeah, I don't really care about a sense of privacy when I choose and trust my spouse and fully expect him to help in any circumstance where my life is on the line. I don't think location sharing is the problem. I think having people around you you don't trust is the issue and people should choose their partners/friends better and/or go to therapy.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I share it with my sister and brother. A lot of girls will share location with a close friend if they're going on a first date with a guy, and I think it's stupid not to

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree that no one needs to have it. That said, the people that I know that do it have been in emotionally abusive relationships.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I share with my family just in case. Its not a big deal. Nobody is paranoid here except OP.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It can be used for emergency reasons not to track your partner 24/7. Especially in a world where there are creeps everywhere or you live in dangerous areas. If neither applies to you then I can imagine why you wouldn't see the point but that point applies to many that doesn't exactly live in the safest areas possible, especially for women.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I understand it for parents and kids. Not saying kids don't have a right to privacy, but being able to check your child's location is a useful safety tool.

by Hleffler 1 week ago

I share with my parents and my wife because my stepdad has dementia and it's just a safeguard. Then we decided for us all to follow each other so he didn't feel so out of place. It's actually nice because all four of us misplace our phones all the time.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The cheaters hate this feature lol.

by Aileen86 1 week ago

I do it because I'm disabled and fall a lot. I need my family and boyfriend to know where I am jic.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's saved a lot of lives! That's gotta be worth it right? Also certainly can breed some paranoia, though the number of cheating stories I've read on here where the partner is caught because they randomly turn it off is alarming.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

it can be good in emergencies but also bred some unhealthy behaviors in a previous relationship

by lydiabuckridge 1 week ago

I've yet to see one good justification for insecurity abuse

by Several_Charity 1 week ago

My spouse and I have no reason NOT to share it with each other.

by ClearAdvertising2970 1 week ago

Agree. We all survived (mostly) without it for all those years before this technology. No one needs to know where I am and keep tabs on me 24/7, not even my husband. And I sure as hell don't need/care to check up on a grown adult, either.

by legroslillian 1 week ago

Wife and I use it 24/7. It's exclusively only to see if she's left work so I can start cooking, or to make sure neither of us get stolen lol.

by Trick-Kangaroo-4846 1 week ago

Amen.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

100% agree with this take. I hate the idea of anyone always knowing my location

by Equivalent_Funny3540 1 week ago

Meh. I like it in case something happens, people know where I am, I know when to out dinner on cause I can see how far away my partner is. I don't feel like I am paranoid or check it to see what he's doing. I guess some people aren't in toxic relationships tho

by Anonymous 1 week ago

When I go on vacation or something I will turn on location sharing between the group. Rather then have to text people all the time to meet after being separated.

by NeighborhoodNew 1 week ago

Why would having a family or close friends' location breed nosiness & paranoia unless you're somewhere you're not supposed to be, lying about your whereabouts? ๐Ÿค” For example- you're going to Starbucks. Your bf sees your location is Dunkin Donuts. Omg ๐Ÿ˜ณ you're cheating right lol. Where as, you say you're going to Starbucks. You're all the way across town at someone's house instead, for 2 hours. Your bf sees that. You get home he asks where you've been & you say Starbucks. Wouldn't that make you the untrustworthy person, not your bf? I honestly would share my location 24/7 with more than my mom if I could. But for starters I know that's how robberies happen too. I never share where I'm at, while I'm currently there- only after I have left. Safety first. Weirdos do exist. Which also means it wouldn't hurt having a close family member or even your partner knowing where you are. If you have nothing to hide I wouldn't worry about location sharing. Same reason why people who believe security cameras should be banned are psychotic. Security cameras ever since becoming popular are a safety precaution & protect you & your neighbors too. They deter criminals. & help solve crimes. If you aren't doing anything weird or illegal, you should have nothing to worry about.

by Keeleytorp 1 week ago

I didn't know adults did this to track each other, but I know a lot of parents do it if their children have to travel far for school on their own

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Until you find out your boyfriends location at your bestie's house...

by Nwolf 1 week ago

Only person I have my access given too is my mom, incase something happens but we don't check each others location, no need. It's only for emergencies. But on Snapchat I like to be nosey and see what my besties are up too sometimes I'd never ask for it, but it's just fun to be like whatchya doing rn lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't quite understand the concept of "nosiness" within a relationship. What are you hiding from your life partner?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Just relax, it is the normal think in Snapchat.

by Larsonleonor 1 week ago

It's fantastically useful when you have teenagers. Mine have the kind of freedom that I could only dream of at their age, simply because at a glance I can see that they are where they should be. They catch a lot of public transport at night, and there is no way I'd let them do this without tracking.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think it's quite normal for partners to know the location of each other at all times. If you have nothing to hide there's no harm it it and it can be beneficial in case of any kind of emergency. Also not a bad idea for parents to know the location of their children. As for anyone else. Parents (if you're a full grown adult) or siblings or your best friend - there is absolutely no need for these people to have full time access to your location.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

oh wow. never heard this one before

by New-Cancel-4486 1 week ago