This has nothing to do with the tracking.

what is "this"? location sharing apps? if yes, why do you think these are unrelated?

You should have the same problem with anyone that has location turned on in their phone.

I don't care about a random person having location turned on. why should I? there's plenty of offline uses for that function, I use it regularly. maps, sports tracking, reminders, ...

, as we use Google maps to navigate as is. I reject the premise that I'm violating someone else's privacy by doing so.

that's ok, when it only affects you. but when you are navigating to a friend's place, with this thinking you are just ignorant about what is actually happening. I'm genuinely sorry to point this out.

this is a bit similar to when people refuse the fact that by uploading a picture of someone to facebook they might be violating their privacy.
or when people haphazardly allow contacts access to random apps, or to apps like facebook messenger because it asks so nicely, and then disclaim responsibility over where does that contact information go.

You certainly wouldn't have the right to ask someone to turn something like that off simply because you don't trust the corporations on the other end,

not just the corporations, but the tech hygiene of the average person. I am aware that it sounds bad, and I hate it that it is warranted.

I've never really bothered with relationships, and everytime I see some shit like this, it validates that choice.

Yes we have several of the AthomTech ones that ship with Esphome. There's a power loss setting on them "on, off, as before"

My best friend drove me to work the other day. We missed a turn and had to take a detour. Not two blocks after that missed turn, his girlfriend calls him asking where he's going lmao

I would be willing to share locations because I worry about people and don't want them to worry about me, but I'll toss this phone in a Blendtec blender before I install an application that gives some creep in fuckin Dayton Ohio my and my girlfriend's GPS coordinates 24/7. Tasker does the job well enough anyhow

We have it hidden in the letterbox. The mobile app has a Bluetooth beacon setting where you can have it report either specified beacons to HA, or all of them and you can filter for the ones you want at that end.

The automation looks for the beacon to be reported from either of 2 devices and then switches the lights on, quite basic.

We have a separate automation that turns the scanning for beacons setting in the phone app on at dusk and off at 3am. And another that turns the garden lights off after 10 min triggered by them being switched on

description: ""
mode: single
triggers:
  - value_template: >-
      {{ state_attr('sensor.phone1_beacon_monitor',
      'b5b182c7-eab1-4988-aa99-bd9_1_2') != None  }}
    trigger: template
  - value_template: >-
      {{ state_attr('sensor.phone2_beacon_monitor',
      'b5b182c7-eab1-4988-aa99-bd9_1_2') != None  }}
    trigger: template
conditions: []
actions:
  - data: {}
    target:
      entity_id:
        - switch.garden_lights
        - switch.deck_light_table
        - switch.deck_light_bbq
    action: switch.turn_on
  - event: beaconDetected
    event_data: {}
  - if:
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: zone.home
        below: 1
    then:
      - data: {}
        target:
          device_id:
            - b5c12ce8343fda7810b69c24f
            - a71515f86d7d34ef570acbe8
        action: light.turn_on

I already stated that it only happened once at the start of the relationship. I trust my partner completely and she has never second-guessed me since.

that might as well be AI generated. there are no numbers, just some dumb matrix with arbitrary reasoning and now evidence. I'm all for evidence to the contrary, but this is not that

Are you seriously arguing that navigating to someone's house with Google maps is violating their privacy? When I do share my location, I'm sharing through Google maps, directly to my wife's Google account. Google can already see my location for maps purposes. They have obtained no new information. If you are in fact arguing that using Google maps violates the privacy of anyone you navigate to, then I just don't agree and can't take you seriously. If you're arguing that somehow sharing my location to my wife's account in Google maps is somehow fundamentally different for privacy than using Google maps is already, then I just don't understand you. You're okay with people using maps but not sharing their location within those maps apps. That's a very confusing moral stance.

‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’ - then fuck your girlfriend. How can you be in a relationship without trust?

Could you explain what you mean by calling it an oppressive custom? Personally, I love being with someone. It has the upside of me getting to enjoy companionship with another human being, and it doesn't feel like handcuffs. Sometimes I have to do things that I wouldn't do otherwise for the sake of my partner's feelings/wellbeing, but isn't that the case in all relationships? Romantic, familial, platonic, or otherwise? If my partner wants me to do something I'm truly uncomfortable with (like allowing them to track my location), and we can't agree on a compromise, I'd just end that relationship and find someone I'm more compatible with.

Having a shared calendar has been a godsend for us. Honestly we would each probably miss like half of our appointments if my the other wasn't able to say "hey don't you have that thing...?" or "hey aren't the kids supposed to be at that place in twenty minutes...?". I can imagine location sharing makes that even easier because you'd know if it's even possible for them to make it, or if you need to get them ready or whatever.

While I can't find any source to back up my claim that it certainly drains some amount of battery, can you provide any evidence that it doesn't impact battery life? Given that GPS uses significant processing power

I'll toss this phone in a Blendtec blender

Oof, iSmoke. Don't breathe this!

This is atypical.

This article constantly reloads and alternates between showing and hiding some warning about my privacy lol. Unreadable.

My wife and I have it on Google Maps. I can't remember why, but we've had it for years. I think my wife worries if I'm safe sometimes. I think I check it less than once a year. I checked it once to see if they were on their way home once, that's about it.

Yeah right, rather than stand your ground, lie in your partners face.

It CC we's not uncommon honestly. From someone in their mid twenties I'd say at minimum 40% of people I know in a relationship have something like this set up and that's being generous. I've never done it and no person I've dated has pushed it but it's far from atypical

Now I'm just confused.

You're a danger to yourself and those around you. And it doesn't seem malevolent, which is scarier.

I check ours frequently just to see when he'll be home from work, because I leave for my job when he gets home due to young kids.