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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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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (6 children)

If your partner cant trust you not to cheat then work on your relasionship or end it. Dont do this shit.

[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My wife always has my location. I regularly go out for hours on my motorcycle and I'll tell her I'm going for a hour ride and get lost in the woods for 3. Years ago I had to call her to pick me up after a truck decided to go left in front of me and shattered my arm into 4 pieces. Caller her from the hospital bed high as fuck on morphine. She has my location so if I stop responding for hours she can make sure I didn't wind up in a medical center LOL.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

That is entirely different than suspecting you of cheating every moment she doesn't have eyes on you.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure, then maybe enable it before those rides and disable afterward, and send her a text when you'd like her to keep an eye on it.

Keeping it on all the time has tons of potential privacy-related problems since phones a aren't perfect.

[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Meh. My location sharing makes no difference to who I DONT want to see my location, your always being watched if u have a smart phone anyways 🤷 turning it on and off is too much effort to be bothered, I got nothing to hide from her.

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