D oes loving someone mean knowing everything about them? Obviously, you need some information , ideally what they do for a living, the names of their family members...
their birthday. But what about their whereabouts? Do you need to know where your partner is at all times? Do you need to be able to see exactly when they arrive somewhere – and exactly when they leave? Only a few years ago, tracking apps sounded like something out of a dystopian BBC drama, but today they’re fairly commonplace. A 2019 survey found that 40 per cent of parents and guardians in the UK use GPS tracking for their children on a daily basis.
For friends, it can be an expression of affection and concern. As of now, I’m currently tracking 10 friends (and my mother) on the “Find My” app on my iPhone. But tracking your partner is somewhat different.
Ostensibly, it’s a good idea. From a practical point of view, you can see when they’re running late for dinner. You can check if they got to their hotel safely when travelling for work, if they landed on time, and so on.
Put simply, you have the safety of knowing that if something happened to your loved one, at least you’d be able to see where they were. “My partner and I have recently started sharing our locations on Find My Friends and can say for certain that we use it mostly for convenience,” says Milly*, 30. “Usually, we’re checking if one of us is home from work or back from a night out.
I personally like knowing that he has my loc.