Yep. And she reads mine. That's the thing: generally, only people who are shady insist on privacy. But my significant other can track me all she wants because she knows where I am most of the day anyway.
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Tracking wife on find my phone
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Yep. And she reads mine. That's the thing: generally, only people who are shady insist on privacy. But my significant other can track me all she wants because she knows where I am most of the day anyway.
That explains it but most people (at least from my experience) would consider that control issues. Of course you don't think there's anything wrong with it (just as couples who are the jealous types don't think there's anything wrong with them).
I'm not shady and I have nothing to hide, but I still have a lock on my phone and it's absolutely out of bounds to my partner. She keeps a diary and I wouldn't dream of reading that either.
Oh boy don't get me started on how bad this is to do. I setup my wifes phone with this feature once and out of curiosity I was tracking her while she was at work and the app showed her not at work. My wife is always in meetings so it was a coincidence that when it showed her at different locations (not work) that she wouldn't answer my calls. It got out of control, I eventually went down to her work to spy on her with the kids in the car and the stupid app showed her at a house a few blocks from her work. I sat outside of that house but turned out she was at work. It kept jumping her location around to different areas throughout the day all the while her ass was planted in her office chair. That stupid app almost ruined my marriage. I was convinced she was cheating on me. LOL. This was with an iphone 4 years ago so maybe its gotten better but I don't dare even look now.
You consider it intrusive and creepy (which is interesting in and of itself), but the human race is not all cut from the same cloth.
There are a lot if things I find creepy, this isn't in the top 100.
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Same here, I don't see what the big deal is: texts, emails (except confidential).
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Somehow reading your post the phase: "the fault lies not in the stars but in ourselves", comes to mind.
So you and your wife pick up each other's phones and read texts and email belonging to the other person. Sorry but if you take a poll most would say you have control issues. No wonder why you don't hesitate to FMF.
No I really have no interest in my wife's texts, other than our lives are Open books. I feel "bad" for those who feel the need to tightly control the info on their phone from a spouse. That sounds like a control issue.
We're talking about actively tracking the other person behind their back and without their consent. A member didn't see anything wrong with it because if she has nothing to hide she shouldn't have a problem with it. I asked if he actively reads her texts/screens her phone in the same manner, to which he replied yes. Then you chimed in and said "same here."
I think it's great in some people's circumstances, provided both partners are happy with it. My girlfriend works at a nightclub and often works from around 11pm to the early hours of the morning. It's great peace of mind for both of us that I'm able to check she's got to work safely. If, heaven forbid, she were to get in trouble on her way to or from work, I'd have a pretty good idea of where to find her. I'm also able to set up a notification for if she leaves the area surrounding her work and our apartment which again helps her to feel safer and for me to be able to worry a little less.
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Similar thing has happened to me before! Showed my girlfriend in a car park when she was meant to be at work (see my previous post about why I check her location - I'm not a crazy paranoid boyfriend) and it stayed there for over an hour not moving. By this point I did start to get a little paranoid and ended up walking to this car park in the middle of the night and wondering around the parked cars trying to figure out which one she was in! Obviously it turned out that Find My Friends was messing with me and I felt a little silly (but pretty relieved) in the end!
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Similar thing has happened to me before! Showed my girlfriend in a car park when she was meant to be at work (see my previous post about why I check her location - I'm not a crazy paranoid boyfriend) and it stayed there for over an hour not moving. By this point I did start to get a little paranoid and ended up walking to this car park in the middle of the night and wondering around the parked cars trying to figure out which one she was in! Obviously it turned out that Find My Friends was messing with me and I felt a little silly (but pretty relieved) in the end!
We're talking about actively tracking the other person behind their back and without their consent. A member didn't see anything wrong with it because if she has nothing to hide she shouldn't have a problem with it. I asked if he actively reads her texts/screens her phone in the same manner, to which he replied yes. Then you chimed in and said "same here."
No, we're talking about op saying he had some fun with his wife and the thread then devolved into people with control issues and the like.
I personally don't care if I'm tracked or my texts are read. Nobody I know just picks up a phone and reads the texts, if my wife wanted to do it, I wouldn't care however. And I do t do this as a mater of course.
Tracking is another story, as I am concerned for her safety when she is out and about. And thankfully I don't have to come here to ask for permission to use FMF.
That's because the rest of us know better to read between the lines. The fact that you do not find the OP's action intrusive and creepy says a lot about you.
Okay so now we're into personal attacks? Expecting this thread has run it's course.
Saying you're in the minority when you do not find the OP's action intrusive and creepy hardly constitutes a personal attack.
The "says a lot about you" is the attack. I don't go supposing what your personality is like based on your posts, except you are analyzing between the lines.
Meant no disrespect. Everything we say says a lot about us, including whether we take a majority or minority view.
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