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People are sick. Tracking loved ones, or anyone for that matter, to get their jollies is really telling of ones character.

Better save your money for a good divorce attorney.

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It's couldn't care less. If you could care less then you do care.

Lol, everyone got the point. #
 
I use it to check my fiancé and 8 month son are on their way home safe when I get in from work. She's driving and won't use the phone so i can track her progress quite well.

She also uses it to see how far I am from getting home so she can get the dinner ready for when I walk in! :D

The geofencing options are great too for alerting you when a family friend is nearby or got to their home ok without you having to constantly check.
 
You people and lack of boundaries. Your justifications are hilarious. 'I need to know where they are at all times to be sure they are safe'. Ok CIA operative working in Pakistan....
 
After reading this thread I'm almost persuaded to buy an iPhone for my Dad. He is elderly and also has Alzheimer's. He can wander off and then get confused about how he got where he is. So far, he has always had his phone on him and will call me to come and collect him. It would be great to actually be able to pin point him without driving around aimlessly.

I'm thankful that he is in the early stages and this has only happened a couple of times. Seems like an iPhone is exactly what I need, especially as he seems to always remember to bring his phone out with him.
 
After reading this thread I'm almost persuaded to buy an iPhone for my Dad. He is elderly and also has Alzheimer's. He can wander off and then get confused about how he got where he is. So far, he has always had his phone on him and will call me to come and collect him. It would be great to actually be able to pin point him without driving around aimlessly.

I'm thankful that he is in the early stages and this has only happened a couple of times. Seems like an iPhone is exactly what I need, especially as he seems to always remember to bring his phone out with him.

At last, a genuine reason to use the feature :)

*Unless you live in the hood, or have a contract out on your life, or you strongly suspect your spouse of having an affair.
 
Funny story... when my wife goes shopping either in town or out of town, I can track her from my iPad at home to see wherever she is at and what malls or stores she goes to. I also track her on her way back home to see how close to home she is. It's a very accurate tracking street by street. She thinks it's eerie being able to be tracked like that. She isn't doing anything out of the ordinary though. And then from my iPad I take a picture of what stores she has been to and where she is at the time and I show her the pics when she gets home. She thinks I am spying on her, but it's all in fun. She is just amazed how I can do that. I told her at least if she gets kidnapped or hijacked I will be able to find her.... or maybe I won't...:D

Sorry but you sound like a bit of an insecure husband and I'd not be surprised if your wife doesn't end up cheating on you. I have never looked at my wife's phone, mail, purse ect ect. That's her property and none of my business. I trust my wife and if she does decide to stray I might just tell her about some of my girlfriends :eek: No really..... stop looking up on your wife. I know you say it's "all in fun" but deep down you obviously have some trust issues and feel the need to take are of those. Letting us all know about it is your way of dealing with the stress of you being a snooping husband.

We both openly use it to check one another's whereabouts and have no issue with it.
Why not just shoot a text to let the other know you're leaving.... agian sounds like some trust issues. Neither of you have an issue with it... = both have trust issues.

Have you no humor in your life?
The lady doth protest too much..... Sure I have lots of humor and so do many of the responding members.... we just don't think spying, looking up on, tracking our spouse/sig other is funny.
This thread is revealing to say the least.

My wife and I don't use it. It's just weird/creepy to me. If I want to know where my wife is, I ask her.
Exactly.... want to know ask. No need to spy.
 
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Sorry but you sound like a bit of an insecure husband and I'd not be surprised if your wife doesn't end up cheating on you. I have never looked at my wife's phone, mail, purse ect ect. That's her property and none of my business. I trust my wife and if she does decide to stray I might just tell her about some of my girlfriends :eek: No really..... stop looking up on your wife. I know you say it's "all in fun" but deep down you obviously have some trust issues and feel the need to take are of those. Letting us all know about it is your way of dealing with the stress of you being a snooping husband.


Why not just shoot a text to let the other know you're leaving.... agian sounds like some trust issues. Neither of you have an issue with it... = both have trust issues.


The lady doth protest too much..... Sure I have lots of humor and so do many of the responding members.... we just don't think spying, looking up on, tracking our spouse/sig other is funny.

Exactly.... want to know ask. No need to spy.
Everyone's got their own way to live. If it works for them who is anyone to say they know any better (as long as no one is getting hurt or something else illegal going on)?
 
Everyone's got their own way to live. If it works for them who is anyone to say they know any better (as long as no one is getting hurt or something else illegal going on)?

Because someone else doesn't like the way my spouse and I decide to do things, of which none are illegal or immoral, I'm not going to change. The arrangement suits us both.
 
My wife and I can track each other, but she never does (to the best of my knowledge - I've even disabled location sharing for a month or two to see if she said anything, but she didn't) ... I track her sometimes, just to see when she's going to be home from picking up the kids from daycare, etc. It's very useful sometimes!
 
I track my wife on 'Find Friends' and she tracks me. We don't do it because of suspicion but more for convenience. She knows roughly what time I'll be home from work and if she can't get an answer on the phone, she can have a quick look to see where I am (usually picking up groceries). If I get home and she's not there, I don't need to hassle her by ringing her, especially if she's driving, so I can just use the app.

If you've got nothing to hide its a good feature. If you use it excessively and are constantly paranoid about the wife's movements, there is something wrong with the marriage that stems way deeper than stalking her on an app! lol :)
 
thank god my wife and i don't use these types of apps......... if she ever found out how many days i play golf...........who knows what would happen....
 
The girlfriend and I use it for cycling. If either one of us is out for an extended ride, it can be used to locate a person when they don't come back home. I know of several people that have used this feature to find someone that was either stuck on the side of the road or hit by a car and left.

Of course, there are now apps that will do this as well but free is always good. :)
 
Funny story... when my wife goes shopping either in town or out of town, I can track her from my iPad at home to see wherever she is at and what malls or stores she goes to. I also track her on her way back home to see how close to home she is. It's a very accurate tracking street by street. She thinks it's eerie being able to be tracked like that. She isn't doing anything out of the ordinary though. And then from my iPad I take a picture of what stores she has been to and where she is at the time and I show her the pics when she gets home. She thinks I am spying on her, but it's all in fun. She is just amazed how I can do that. I told her at least if she gets kidnapped or hijacked I will be able to find her.... or maybe I won't...:D

uhm somebody's a controlling husband. HAHA
 
I use it sometimes to see where my wife and kids are and if close to home, specially if i am getting ready to go somewhere, better than ringing and distracting her while driving. She won't pick up her phone anyway.
 
This is super creepy. Married or not, your wife's a human with a right it privacy. She's not a prisoner in the name of marriage which is exactly what you've made it sound like.

Funny story... when my wife goes shopping either in town or out of town, I can track her from my iPad at home to see wherever she is at and what malls or stores she goes to. I also track her on her way back home to see how close to home she is. It's a very accurate tracking street by street. She thinks it's eerie being able to be tracked like that. She isn't doing anything out of the ordinary though. And then from my iPad I take a picture of what stores she has been to and where she is at the time and I show her the pics when she gets home. She thinks I am spying on her, but it's all in fun. She is just amazed how I can do that. I told her at least if she gets kidnapped or hijacked I will be able to find her.... or maybe I won't...:D
 
I track my wife on 'Find Friends' and she tracks me. We don't do it because of suspicion but more for convenience. She knows roughly what time I'll be home from work and if she can't get an answer on the phone, she can have a quick look to see where I am (usually picking up groceries). If I get home and she's not there, I don't need to hassle her by ringing her, especially if she's driving, so I can just use the app.

If you've got nothing to hide its a good feature. If you use it excessively and are constantly paranoid about the wife's movements, there is something wrong with the marriage that stems way deeper than stalking her on an app! lol :)

I'll have to agree. I do the same. My wife gets lost sometimes. I can track here in real time if she calls me.

Yes, she's horrible with directions even with built in GPS in the car and on iPhone.

Another great reason to know the find my iphone feature is when my wife really needs to get a hold of me with the kids.

I am in the hospital and often have phone on silent. I could be really busy and not check my phone so she will ding the phone to notify me.

Of course my wife can go overboard on this at times...like trying ot have a conversation with me about the kids and I tell here "is this an emergency?" and quickly hangup on her because I don't have time to chit chat at various times in the day.
 
You people and lack of boundaries. Your justifications are hilarious. 'I need to know where they are at all times to be sure they are safe'. Ok CIA operative working in Pakistan....

This thought crossed my mind, too…...

After reading this thread I'm almost persuaded to buy an iPhone for my Dad. He is elderly and also has Alzheimer's. He can wander off and then get confused about how he got where he is. So far, he has always had his phone on him and will call me to come and collect him. It would be great to actually be able to pin point him without driving around aimlessly.

I'm thankful that he is in the early stages and this has only happened a couple of times. Seems like an iPhone is exactly what I need, especially as he seems to always remember to bring his phone out with him.

This is possibly the one post in the entire thread - and yes, I have taken the time to read this entire thread - where I can see a genuine justification for the use of this app.

Sorry but you sound like a bit of an insecure husband and I'd not be surprised if your wife doesn't end up cheating on you. I have never looked at my wife's phone, mail, purse ect ect. That's her property and none of my business. I trust my wife and if she does decide to stray I might just tell her about some of my girlfriends :eek: No really..... stop looking up on your wife. I know you say it's "all in fun" but deep down you obviously have some trust issues and feel the need to take are of those. Letting us all know about it is your way of dealing with the stress of you being a snooping husband.


Why not just shoot a text to let the other know you're leaving.... agian sounds like some trust issues. Neither of you have an issue with it... = both have trust issues.


The lady doth protest too much..... Sure I have lots of humor and so do many of the responding members.... we just don't think spying, looking up on, tracking our spouse/sig other is funny.

Exactly.... want to know ask. No need to spy.

Excellent and well argued post, which expresses my thoughts exactly.

This is super creepy. Married or not, your wife's a human with a right it privacy. She's not a prisoner in the name of marriage which is exactly what you've made it sound like.

Agreed, yes, it is.

Personally, I'd find it very creepy and controlling behaviour. Actually, as I hugely value my privacy, my personal space, my private time, and my autonomy, for someone - anyone - to seek to track my movements, in 'jest' or otherwise, whether would be a game changer (as in relationship termination game changer) for me. I would not tolerate it under any circumstances, seeing it as intrusive, controlling, downright creepy, and massively disrespectful of personal boundaries and the concept of private space.

What's wrong with sending a text, or suggesting that one be sent to you?



 
This thought crossed my mind, too…...



This is possibly the one post in the entire thread - and yes, I have taken the time to read this entire thread - where I can see a genuine justification for the use of this app.



Excellent and well argued post, which expresses my thoughts exactly.



Agreed, yes, it is.

Personally, I'd find it very creepy and controlling behaviour. Actually, as I hugely value my privacy, my personal space, my private time, and my autonomy, for someone - anyone - to seek to track my movements, in 'jest' or otherwise, whether would be a game changer (as in relationship termination game changer) for me. I would not tolerate it under any circumstances, seeing it as intrusive, controlling, downright creepy, and massively disrespectful of personal boundaries and the concept of private space.

What's wrong with sending a text, or suggesting that one be sent to you?




Actually I'm very happy that you and some other posters are not the gatekeepers when it comes time to hand out FMF acceptance requests.

Thankfully I don't need your approval and whether you believe my rational for my significant other tracking me and me tracking my significant other is valid, is irrelevant.

While I'm not being pejorative, we obviously have different value. For those who believe this is stealth, creepy technology don't use it. For those who believe this technology adds to their life and can only help in an emergency then use it.

What I agree is a non-starter is an NSA like approach to tracking others without their consent; but most of us are not talking about that.
 
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