Tracking On, Please
Yes, you should be sharing your location with people you trust
A few weeks ago, there was a mass shooting five miles from my house. Eight people died; they were simply minding their own business during a shopping trip when someone opened fire. And I know not one of you who just read those two sentences is surprised, because this has become our everyday life now. Roughly once a week in America, someone pulls out a gun and commits a mass casualty event.
I hadn’t heard the news yet when my phone rang. My brother had been texting me, and getting no response, called me to make sure I wasn’t near the area.
I assured him I was fine, then posted an update to Facebook to let my friends and family know I was okay. A few minutes later, I remembered something. I had location sharing turned on for my mom, my brother, and a close friend.
I quickly reminded my brother that all he needed to do in the future was check Find My in his iPhone and he could see where I am — because surely, this will happen again. And, sadly, again.
When I was married, my husband and I turned on our location sharing so that we could keep tabs on each other, and on my stepson, who was in his teens at the time. Sometimes, my spouse and I would use it to “ping” one another’s location so that we could time…
