My wife tracks my whereabouts since the latest cancer diagnosis. I’ve had all the radiation I can have and now I’m on Keytruda. With the all the chemo,opioids,and fentanyl (don’t know why they invented fentanyl that’s stuff is horrible).I’m beginning to not rember things. And it is scary.

See, I have a different relationship with my wife than others. I don’t care if she knows where I am at every moment. More than half the time I wish she was with me. I don’t go places or do things I wouldn’t do with her next to me. If that’s truly the kind of relationship you have, then it’s fine.

She can see my location, and I can see hers. She sometimes misplaces here phone. It’s easy to see “you left it at home”. She has been lost once where it made it much easier to navigate her as I knew exactly where she was.

It’s also super helpful in the sense that if I go to the store, my wife can check where I’m at. If I’m still in the store she can call and ask me to get something else. If she sees that I have left, she knows unless she really needs it, I’m not turning around.

We were on vacation in Florida. Her sister shared her location with me. (I did not share mine back) however if her sister was lost, it would have been very helpful to find her, or her phone.

I find the location sharing with family very useful. Easy to keep up with the kids/wife/parents and vice versa. I also have it enabled on my iPad, AirPods, and use a few AirTags clipped in my laptop backpack and the most useful one, on my golf range finder. I've left it in a cart on more than one occasion.

The responses in this tread are absolutely shocking to me. My dad was a ridiculously private person, “what you hear in this house stays in this house” was his mantra, so maybe that has rubbed off on me too much.

Thanks for sharing your perspectives and experiences.

A little late to the thread, but I thought I might as well share my perspective.

Mrs. A. and I share each other's location, we also track the dog. The convenience outweighs any privacy or "security" concerns. In fact, I wish the tracking was better. There is about a four-five minute delay between the location data and "now," a geofencing notification could be handy, and velocity data as well.

Since Apple, and anyone to whom they sell the data already know my whereabouts, I feel any added risk is minimal.

In most other things I am a very private person.

Normally the idea of being tracked creeps me. But as I was hauling our stuff across the country, Mrs DF and I shared locations for safety and curiosity. She could watch me on my way and that made her feel better. If something happened to me she’d know where to start. I’ve left it sharing with her even though I’m done moving us.

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
The responses in this tread are absolutely shocking to me. My dad was a ridiculously private person, “what you hear in this house stays in this house” was his mantra, so maybe that has rubbed off on me too much.

Thanks for sharing your perspectives and experiences.

The way I see it is that literally every company and organization on earth knows where my phone is at, my family might as well take advantage too.

My wife and I don’t share our location for no particular reason. Just never thought about it.
We might have to start, I can’t think of a scenario where I would mind her knowing my location.

My family has find my iPhone. It’s something I won’t look at unless it’s really late and no communication. I certainly won’t keep tabs on their driving habits. I value privacy too much. It does creep me out but I haven’t put my foot down yet. I always have the option of turning it off, I just haven’t yet.

Another Life360 [free version] user here
We started it when we were hosting an exchange student & never got rid of it. Have added our 13 yr old to it when she got a phone & have my wife's parents on it as well.

My wife and I don't, but only because I haven't gotten around to it.
I have 2 boys, 13 & 14. I need to start tracking them...

Another life 360 user here. Wife and 3 daughters we all see where each other are. Like others, my wife can see when I stop at the grocery store and send me shopping items without having to ask where I am at. My wife gets up and leaves the house before I get up, so before I bother her I check life 360 and see she is at the gym I will skip asking where she is at.
Also knowing where the kids are is very nice. My middle daughter is in sports and when she travels to away games, I can just use her life360 position to navigate to her location instead of asking and getting half assed directions. I can go right to the stadium or parking lot instead of at the general "school".
My kids also have multiple "associations" of friend groups. They set up different friend groups and then see where everyone is at.

1. There is no privacy.

All the phone manufacturers sell your data.

All cell companies sell your data.

Most car companies sell your data.

Having my wife know where I am is the least of my privacy concerns.

The only way to escape it is not to have a cell phone and not drive a car made since the 1980s

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Originally posted by mark123:
We also share locations with each other. I guess I don’t see the downside.

Use it with an elderly parent. Use it with large groups in say a resort to be able to find each other.
The downside I do see is that "Siri" or similar could also share the information with an unauthorized entity.

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
Is this really a thing? I can’t imagine a scenario where I would do that.

It is indeed "a thing" and it's enabled between both my wife and me.

Personally, if I felt my wife couldn't be allowed to know where I was at any time, I would suspect I married the wrong woman.

I sometimes use it when my wife goes out shopping or whatever, is overdue, and I get to wondering why. Saves me having to pester her with a phone call.

There've been one or two times that happened and I could see she was coming right down the street.

Handy.

We have iPhones and have the feature activated, but have never used it. At least I have never tracked my wife. Afaik she hasn't tracked me, but I am fine if she does.

As over-60's, it makes sense from a safety standpoint. Though we are usually together or only briefly apart.

When I was younger and my first wife was less than loyal, it would have been nice to have that function to have gotten factual confirmation, but now I've come to realize if that level of distrust exists, trust will never be regained. Tracking your spouse after they've already gone off the reservation is not solving anything.

But I do see the value in protecting trust that has not been broken. Sharing access to devices and locations strengthens trust.

There's a difference between secrecy and privacy, especially within a marriage.

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Originally posted by Powers77:
Use it with an elderly parent. Use it with large groups in say a resort to be able to find each other.
The downside I do see is that "Siri" or similar could also share the information with an unauthorized entity.

It's supposed to be encrypted between the sharing parties. I may be naive concerning this.

Yes, it's just the wife and me so we use Life 360.

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
The responses in this tread are absolutely shocking to me. ...

I guess I don't understand what bothers you about sharing your location with your wife and kids.

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Originally posted by Perception:
The way I see it is that literally every company and organization on earth knows where my phone is at, my family might as well take advantage too.

Yes, the only choice you have is whether to include your family or not. The cell service provider and phone manufacturer already have this information.