Some people use Apple’s location sharing and features like Find My to keep tabs on their spouses. But a recent poll showed just how controversial the technology can be. Apple tech is making life easy but at the same time, it is breaching privacy as well.
Apple is known for its high-end products and technology. It brought a huge revolution in the world of communication. One in three of the 1,020 members who responded to the poll say they track their spouse’s whereabouts. They primarily use “Find Me” and “Share My Location” on their iPhones. Apple tech is all about providing you services that can ease your lifestyle.
The most common reasons for tracking included timing the significant other’s return for preparing meals, and making sure they safely reached their destinations. Creating schedules to pick up the kids, and in case of emergencies. However, most of the comments on the poll were from people who disagreed. Saying that they did not track their partner.
Many believed it violated their privacy and could increase anxiety from sharing too much personal information. Others said they weren’t interested because they could text or call their partner.
Some comments also shifted to mention children and how some use tracking technology for that purpose. Especially ensuring teens who have started driving is okay. Aging parents are also a factor for some.
Air tags and stories
The intentions behind such family tracking can be mixed, such as tracking a spouse in case of emergencies compared to tracking out of possessiveness or jealousy. But it adds another angle to the topic of tracking — especially with Apple technology.
For example, the same commenter mentioned, “I ‘threatened’ several times to throw an air tag at the car, but I never pulled the trigger“. AirTags from Apple, released in 2021. Often appear in the media because they can track the location of a person or object.
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The company certainly doesn’t market it as a pet or child tracking device. But some people will inevitably use the devices that way. From time to time, stories of harassment appear through AirTags. In a March 28 report, Australian travelers found AirTag in their luggage. Forcing them to make significant changes to their plans.
And on March 23, former Love Island star Montana Brown revealed how someone tracked her whereabouts using AirTag. But when members of the BabyCenter forum share their stories, it becomes clear that, as always, technology can be used not only for harm, but also for good.