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‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Why would you want to give third parties access to your locations?

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[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

Are you saying Apple doesn’t have access to my location already? Like I’m some kind of secret agent?

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[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Third parties is plural. English kinda hard sometimes lowkey

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[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Apple’s built-in location sharing is not sent to advertisers.

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