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‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My wife and I have each other's locations. We trust each other. We just like having that information available. It's really not that hard to understand.

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Not hard to understand, no, but many find it to be creepy and invasive.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago

Not hard to understand, no, but many find it to be creepy and invasive.

Those people are free to not use the tech. Being forced to use the tech, however, is absolutely a problem.

[–] PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah like .... I trust my husband, and I am also not his keeper, so I do not need to know where he is 24/7. I find it very odd and invasive.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

A lot of those people are projecting their insecurities onto others relationships.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It sounds like you and your wife have a healthy relationship. That’s awesome! But, for possessive and controlling relationships, surveillance can be harmful.

Personally, my location is shared with my sister. I’d share it with my partner but he is a bit of a Luddite. I wouldn’t be sharing because he asked, I would be doing it so he could find me easily in an emergency.

And, I wouldn’t ask him to share his. If he turned it on and wanted me to have it, that’s cool. And if not, that’s cool too.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

But, for possessive and controlling relationships, surveillance can be harmful.

Absolutely. My previous marriage was like that. Luckily the topic of location tracking never came up.