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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

‘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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‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing

www.theguardian.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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Many apps like Find My allow us to follow our loved ones at all times. But just because we can, does it mean we should?
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    My partner and I used to use location sharing pretty much 100% of the time. We just felt better knowing we could find each other.

    But today, we do not, because the trust is shattered.

    Google just cannot be trusted with our locations.

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      Home Assistant

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        Seconded.

        And having each other’s location is really helpful. I’m nervous if my partner doesn’t know where I am.

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          Yeah my wife has MS and I worry when shes late that she is having trouble. And I go hiking in the bush so its good if she has my approximate location

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        (And hoping the location sharing doesnt leak to other applications).

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          We switched to Fairphones running e/OS so we have pretty solid control of that. Im looking forward to postmarketOS being a bit more stable.

    • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      We use a self hosted reitti instance instead now

    • Joeffect@lemmy.world
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      they still have it… if your using an android phone at least… and your cell provider…

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        Same for any other phone manufacturer. I won’t trust Apple any more than I do with Google.

        The only ones I’d actually trust to keep it somewhat private and probably LineageOS and GrapheneOS (no experience with gOS)

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      There are options that don’t use Google et al.

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        So you have suggestions?

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          It’s not something I’ve used very much as I don’t have much need for it, but I have used Locus a few times and I’m pretty comfortable with their privacy policy compared to the vast majority of other options.

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          maybe zood location

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          @[email protected]
          ZoodLocation works god. There is also traccar. But its a little bit complicated.

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      You are still sharing it with google if you have an android phone lol

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        And you don’t think iPhones and Apple don’t know your location?

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          When did I ever say that? Why would you just assume that since I said google is tracking your location I just being using an iPhone and thibk that apple is better? Fuck apple and google they both suck. Dont use either of them.

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