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[-] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

I don't know, it's a pointless thing that I just forgot to turn off at some point. I couldn't care less if she knows where I am and sometimes I do what her to know, like when I go hiking alone.

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

Yeah, it is possible to be totally sane about it.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

No it really isn't, privacy is a nuanced thing.

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Are you happy with the company that makes the app and the 71960 partner companies with "legitimate interest" knowing where you are all the time too?

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago
[-] orionsbelt@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I'm still good ta. But it might be ok for the person I was replying too. I assume that there's been independent verification of their claims and we're not just taking them at their word.

[-] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I don't know why I hadn't thought about it. For sure I don't. I hoped that it was secure in some way. Yeah that's kind of really bad lol

[-] artyom@piefed.social 10 points 4 months ago

If your partner doesn't abuse it is fine, but that's also possible to change at any time.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

Further most people don't know they are in abusive relationships even if it is obvious to others around them so the casually dismissive argument "well abusive couples shouldn't use it" is a trash argument.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Whether you know it or not does not change the message. Abusive couples shouldn't not use this app, they shouldn't be couples.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

My point is when people use this argument "Well abusive couples just shouldn't be couples!" it is a way to dismiss the danger of never ending surveillance that makes an INCREDIBLY problematic leap of condemning people falling into abusive relationships to simply suffer, tough luck... and it demonstrates a callous, ineffective and frankly worrying understanding of how abusive relationships formed in general.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

It doesn't dismiss anything. It's just a statement of fact. Certainly in certain contexts it could be interpreted that way.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago

Since you're one of the few people that admit to you and your partner using it: What do you think about the company knowing where you are at all times?

[-] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Yes, somebody pointed that out already. I need to find out more about how it's done.

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