cell phone location apps

mad4osu

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Anyone have input on cell phone apps that they have on their family/childrens phones for location tracking. I know find my iphone but does anyone have experience with others?
 

GoPokes43

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I have my family, even my old *** parents, on life360.
I use 360 also. I couple that with myatt where I can monitor usage (where you can see every number called/texted, but not actual content) and turn on and off data usage, etc.
 

nathajw

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Wife brought Life360 up to me, said one of her friends and her family used it and asked if we should have it. I gave her a blank dead eye stare, that was the end of the conversation and she walked off.

I get teenage kids, especially those that are drving but my oldest is 12 and there's no reason my wife needs to know exactly where I'm at at all times. When I "run errands" on a Sunday afternoon she doesn't need to know that it took me two hours because I spent half of that time on a bar stool just enjoying some peace and quiet.
 
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TulsaPokie

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We have life 360 and love it. My 17 year old daughter on their other hand.....I am just thankful they didn’t have this when I was 16!
 

inspoke

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Life360 for me. Use it to keep your kids honest. You can ask them questions about where they are/were but you already know where they are/were. Took my kids a while to figure out I knew everywhere they had been. An insane amount of value in the app as far as keeping your kids in line during their high school years.
 

osu_orangestreak

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I don't think I will put it on my kids phones when they are teens. Not sure I want to see that my son or daughter has been parked in the middle of a corn field for an hour.
 

Rdcldad

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Wife brought Life360 up to me, said one of her friends and her family used it and asked if we should have it. I gave her a blank dead eye stare, that was the end of the conversation and she walked off.

I get teenage kids, especially those that are drving but my oldest is 12 and there's no reason my wife needs to know exactly where I'm at at all times. When I "run errands" on a Sunday afternoon she doesn't need to know that it took me two hours because I spent half of that time on a bar stool just enjoying some peace and quiet.

i used to call that getting cat food
(we didn’t have a cat)

or checking the wheat
dirt roading with a 12 pack was a way of life
 

PDT816

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Google maps does location tracking. People need to just turn it on
 

PDT816

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FYI your kids probably know how to spoof their GPS location.
 

Air_Thurman

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Wife brought Life360 up to me, said one of her friends and her family used it and asked if we should have it. I gave her a blank dead eye stare, that was the end of the conversation and she walked off.

I get teenage kids, especially those that are drving but my oldest is 12 and there's no reason my wife needs to know exactly where I'm at at all times. When I "run errands" on a Sunday afternoon she doesn't need to know that it took me two hours because I spent half of that time on a bar stool just enjoying some peace and quiet.

Very smart man. About the only time I find myself in the doghouse is because I forget that damn app is on my phone.