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If you're using iOS, have you seen Find my Friends? My group of friends and family all have each other set up on that app. It definitely does seem potentially
by BillinghamJ 10y ago
If you're using iOS, have you seen Find my Friends? My group of friends and family all have each other set up on that app.
It definitely does seem potentially kinda creepy or weird initially, but if you do truly trust each other, it's actually really useful. e.g. You can passively see where someone is before nagging them to ask if they're going to get here soon, etc.
- jpkeisala 10y agoMy daughter has iPhone 5S with Find my Friends activated. I find it rather buggy. It does not "stream" location so for example if she is on bus and I try to check she jumps off on the right stop it goes something like this: Now I can see she is 500M from her bus stop, Updating.... cannot locate.... updating... cannot locate... after few minutes... Doorbell rings, oh she is home now and app also show her location is home. Not exactly pleasant experience as a parent.
- BillinghamJ 10y agoRight, but that is simply the reality of not destroying the person's battery life. You can't continuously stream an accurate location to the web without using a lot of power - it has to be pull rather than push. This is also a bit better around privacy and data protection. You can also configure the phone to send out its location just before its battery dies.