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this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
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"your location" ? how does she know his location ? is there an app to track people in realtime ?
I know tons of couples that use apps that let them look up each other's location.
cheers okay, why not
Built into iOS. It’s called “Find my Friends”. You can (temporarily) share your location with other iOS users. For example, if you’re going to a festival with friends you can set it to share locations for the duration of the event so you can always see where they are. You an also choose to permanently share your location with family members.
Yes, multiple in fact.
Just super quick search for "app to track phone location" popped up 3 big ones.
iphones let people share location with other iphones. I know some of friends that do. Google maps and Apple maps, and Whatsapp also have live location sharing (occasionally useful).
alright cheers
Me and my gf keep location sharing on in Google maps
is it like for safety ?
Yeah, just in case someone breaks down somewhere on the road. If one of us is traveling we get excited as the dot gets closer to home. Also let's us know if we picking each other up what our trip progress is.
trust issues
Lol, projection
Yes, the thing tracking and reporting your location at all times is called the wireless telephone network.
Some apps let you share what you're already sharing with Palantir and ICE with your friends.
Those are two different things. Tracking the location via cell network just gives an approximate location, anywhere within the cell towers reception area. GPS data doesn't get shared with anyone unless you choose to share it.
If companies want your GPS data then you have to share it with them.
Nah the new protocols like 5g use super sensitive time based encoding, the protocols wouldn't work if the towers didn't know your distance very accurately.
Way back in the day with actual cellular phones, yeah you could only be placed really accurately when you were in a cell overlap area.
Sure they do.
Don't worry I'm not going to explain why that makes zero sense, you can keep wearing your fetching tin foil hat.
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