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App to share real time location with boyfriend? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I'm taking a long biking trip soon and want to share my live location with my boyfriend in case something happens. Any recommendations for privacy-focused apps that can accomplish this? I'm on Android, he's on iOS.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The nice thing about Apple's Find My is that it runs in the background but only checks and sends your location when someone is actively looking at your location. Do these do that as well? I've tried Telegram's location sharing before and it drains battery like crazy because it keeps the GPS receiver always on.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You change how frequently checks are performed. Traccar runs a simple every X seconds pattern. Default is 5 minutes. On 5 minute pings I see a 15-20% drain over the course of 24 hours, which seems reasonable, given that I'm on GrapheneOS and not leveraging Google's location tracking simplifications. If you're not on GrapheneOS your battery usage for location tracking will probably be better. Just not private.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Did you already look into osmand and telegram?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Did you respond to the right comment? I mentioned Telegram specifically and I'm fairly certain OsmAnd can't do live location sharing.

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