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

PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, it is possible to be totally sane about it.

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No it really isn’t, privacy is a nuanced thing.

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• then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you happy with the company that makes the all and the 71960 partner companies with “legitimate interest” knowing where you are all the time too?

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  • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Might I suggest this: www.zood.xyz

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    • orionsbelt@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

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    • then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m still good ta. But it might be ok for the person I was replying too. I assume that there’s been independent verification of their claims and we’re not just taking them at their word.

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  • PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t know why I hadn’t thought about it. For sure I don’t. I hoped that it was secure in some way. Yeah that’s kind of really bad lol

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• Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have my mom’s location, and it’s good because she just turned 64 (I think) five minutes ago, I need to wish her a happy birthday, appreciate the reminder. But when she travels out alone, sometimes it’s nice to know she got back to her hotel without having to bother her about it, so we do the sharing thing. And for hiking alone, sharing your location with someone beforehand just seems like a good idea.

  This article is dumb. Location sharing is silly. People will abuse it, and those same people would’ve found some other way to abuse the trust in their relationships anyway. I had girlfriends as a kid who’d demand calls when I was at a party they weren’t at. Dealing with a lack of trust in a relationship is a growing pain.

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  • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dealing with a lack of trust in a relationship is

    done by leaving said relationship.

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People will abuse it, and those same people would’ve found some other way to abuse the trust in their relationships anyway.

    The WHOLE point of this thread is that NO this is a new entirely more persistent tool of abuse.

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• artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If your partner doesn't abuse it is fine, but that's also possible to change at any time.

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Further most people don’t know they are in abusive relationships even if it is obvious to others around them so the casually dismissive argument “well abusive couples shouldn’t use it” is a trash argument.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Whether you know it or not does not change the message.

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      • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My point is when people use this argument “Well abusive couples just shouldn’t be couples!” it is a way to dismiss the danger of never ending surveillance that makes an INCREDIBLY problematic leap of condemning people falling into abusive relationships to simply suffer, tough luck… and it demonstrates a callous, ineffective and frankly worrying understanding of how abusive relationships formed in general.

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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Since you’re one of the few people that admit to you and your partner using it: What do you think about the company knowing where you are at all times?

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  • PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, somebody pointed that out already. I need to find out more about how it’s done.

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