
Location-sharing apps hiding on your phone can save lives — and completely destroy relationships: ‘I catch my friends like a game’
NY Post
It’s 10 p.m. — and you definitely know where your children are.
Thanks to a proliferation of location-sharing apps, it’s become easy for parents, partners and pals to sneakily pinpoint the exact location of their loved ones at any moment — without them even knowing.
Check your device: It’s likely these apps, like iPhone’s Find My Friends, are already preinstalled on your smartphone, too. So don’t be surprised if a nosy pal has been following your whereabouts.
For some, the capability isn’t creepy, it’s embraced; They’re using free tools to track their friends for convenience and safety purposes — as well as for fun.
“I legit ask for everyone’s location and always share it,” Maria-Camila Garcia, 21, told The Post. “Having someone’s location is the way you know you’re really friends.”
Location tracking can lead to a lot of drama, too. People complained to The Post about issues with reciprocation, being caught somewhere you wanted to go privately and the daunting task of cutting connections during a feud.