Posted: 1/31/2017 9:22:34 PM EDT
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For a moment, assume you are (actually or notionally) in a solid relationship with a significant other who you want to spend the rest of your life with. Zero infidelity being attempted by either party.
Do you see any negatives about having a permanent tracking (think IOS Location sharing turned on) visible to your significant other and vice versa? |
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For a moment, assume you are (actually or notionally) in a solid relationship with a significant other who you want to spend the rest of your life with. Zero infidelity being attempted by either party. Do you see any negatives about having a permanent tracking (think IOS Location sharing turned on) visible to your significant other and vice versa? If you can't trust each other without spying your relationship is not all that solid. Oh it might be great and all, but you either trust or you don't. |
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Not at all. My wife and I have tracking on our phones with each other, and have a very healthy marriage. Jokes aside about "if you have nothing to hide", but the sanctity of marriage is a bit different than the relationship with the government. If she wants to know where I am, then more power to her. I usually wish she was with me anyway.
With that said, if someone was malicious - they could just park their car and leave the phone in it, or just turn it off. Therefore, I think phone tracking is a really dumb way to catch somebody doing something - since they can opt out at any time. I think it's a lot less about controlling or stalking someone and more about "I wonder if my wife made it home okay in the bad weather?" The government can track you through your OnStar, electronic tolls, license plate readers, telephone monitoring, internet usage, cell phone and more. They certainly have less honorable intentions than my wife who might want to know what time to have dinner ready. |
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Not at all. My wife and I have tracking on our phones with each other, and have a very healthy marriage. Jokes aside about "if you have nothing to hide", but the sanctity of marriage is a bit different than the relationship with the government. If she wants to know where I am, then more power to her. I usually wish she was with me anyway. I think it's a lot less about controlling or stalking someone and more about "I wonder if my wife made it home okay in the bad weather?" The government can track you through your OnStar, electronic tolls, license plate readers, telephone monitoring, internet usage, cell phone and more. They certainly have less honorable intentions than my wife who might want to know what time to have dinner ready. |
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I have fine location set on Google. My lady friend can look me up on Google+ and tell me what spot I'm parked in at a truck stop. <shrug>
Although once she asked what I was doing at a hotel when Google misjudged my location when I parked my motorcycle on the seawall in Galveston. |
| We've had one for several years and both love it because of the convenience. If I'm at work and figure out I need something at Walmart, I can look her up and see if she's still there. Saved us several return trips. I have an hour commute one way and she can see how long it will be before I get home without having to call, as well. |
| Permanent? I wouldn't want that, for either one of us. Feels creepy. Something I can use when we're out shopping and she takes off to parts unknown, so I can find her without running all over the damn store or calling her fruitlessly because she can't hear her phone? Fuckin' A, right. |
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Not at all. My wife and I have tracking on our phones with each other, and have a very healthy marriage. Jokes aside about "if you have nothing to hide", but the sanctity of marriage is a bit different than the relationship with the government. If she wants to know where I am, then more power to her. I usually wish she was with me anyway. With that said, if someone was malicious - they could just park their car and leave the phone in it, or just turn it off. Therefore, I think phone tracking is a really dumb way to catch somebody doing something - since they can opt out at any time. I think it's a lot less about controlling or stalking someone and more about "I wonder if my wife made it home okay in the bad weather?" The government can track you through your OnStar, electronic tolls, license plate readers, telephone monitoring, internet usage, cell phone and more. They certainly have less honorable intentions than my wife who might want to know what time to have dinner ready. Yeah, what the fox said ... 
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