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I’ve noticed a trend with some subgroups of people, which I ended up copying. I share my location with a lot of people on iMessage. Basically any time I have

I’ve noticed a trend with some subgroups of people, which I ended up copying. I share my location with a lot of people on iMessage. Basically any time I have ever had to meet somebody, if they’re a close friend or family member, I share my location with them indefinitely and never turn it off, and lots of people do the same thing to me. I think this is like the 2020s version of giving somebody a spare key to your house.

ghaff 3y ago
There are very few people I’d grant indefinite sharing to. I’ll forget that it’s there and I can think of all sorts of scenarios like white lies about why I can’t attend some event they’re putting on. Maybe not the end of the world but just aren’t many people who need that sort of deep visibility into my day to day comings and goings. It seems very invasive. And the spare key analogy seems poor. I can trust a friend not to use a spare key to facilitate robbing my house which they could presumably break into anyway—without my minute to minute movements being any of their business.
eek2121 3y ago
That is nuts. I don’t even share my location with my spouse.
AndrewKemendo 3y ago
This is the first time I’ve ever heard of any anybody doing that at that level of scale. That doesn’t mean that you’re incorrect certainly but I don’t think that’s as universal as you think it is.
- wesleychen 3y ago
  It’s pretty universal among my friends in their early 20s, spanning across the country.
  - genewitch 3y ago
    forgetting to turn off location sharing is universal?
    - ghaff 3y ago
      I don’t think they’re saying anyone is forgetting anything. Rather they’re saying if they turn it in for some specific reason they just don’t bother to turn it off once that reason is past. Which seems insane to me but to each their own.
renewiltord 3y ago
I do the same. Loads of people do it with me. Folks on Android get it on Google Maps. Folks on iPhone get it on Find My Phone. It's been years we've been doing this. Honestly, I can't imagine not doing it.
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ghaff 3y ago

There are very few people I’d grant indefinite sharing to. I’ll forget that it’s there and I can think of all sorts of scenarios like white lies about why I can’t attend some event they’re putting on. Maybe not the end of the world but just aren’t many people who need that sort of deep visibility into my day to day comings and goings. It seems very invasive. And the spare key analogy seems poor. I can trust a friend not to use a spare key to facilitate robbing my house which they could presumably break into anyway—without my minute to minute movements being any of their business.

eek2121 3y ago

That is nuts. I don’t even share my location with my spouse.

AndrewKemendo 3y ago

This is the first time I’ve ever heard of any anybody doing that at that level of scale. That doesn’t mean that you’re incorrect certainly but I don’t think that’s as universal as you think it is.

wesleychen 3y ago
It’s pretty universal among my friends in their early 20s, spanning across the country.
- genewitch 3y ago
  forgetting to turn off location sharing is universal?
  - ghaff 3y ago
    I don’t think they’re saying anyone is forgetting anything. Rather they’re saying if they turn it in for some specific reason they just don’t bother to turn it off once that reason is past. Which seems insane to me but to each their own.

renewiltord 3y ago

I do the same. Loads of people do it with me. Folks on Android get it on Google Maps. Folks on iPhone get it on Find My Phone. It's been years we've been doing this. Honestly, I can't imagine not doing it.

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