Other than Apple’s location sharing feature, what other ways could you be tracked unknowingly?

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My friends gf seems to always know where he is but he insists he isn’t sharing his location with her and not signed into anything on her phone.

She can track him down to the door number of wherever he’s at, but she pretends she “just knows” because they’re “spiritually connected” and my friend is really believing this.

He believes that he can’t hide from his gf and she just always seems to “know” things, but I genuinely think she’s tracking him somehow and driving him nuts by making him believe she just “knows” because they are “tied to each other”.

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  2. Stinkinhippy Avatar

    Does she know his itunes password? Aint gotta share the location if they can just ‘find my iphone’

  3. shalo62 Avatar

    Tell him to leave his phone at home and then let her try. My bet is she’s going to look stupid for a little while.

  4. Alas_boris Avatar

    Does he have a car that has app control to allow it to be charged, pre heated etc?

    If it is parked on Smith Street and he has a friend that lives at 24 Smith Street, or parked outside the Jones Arms pub, then it is easy to guess where he actually is.

  5. AtebYngNghymraeg Avatar

    I have my partner’s Google account password (with her knowledge) and I can sign into Find My Device to see where she is. Any chance she has his account password?

  6. UniquePotato Avatar

    Google maps has tracking and sharing. There’s probably other apps as well.
    There’s also other types and makes of AirTag

  7. TwoPlyDreams Avatar

    Maybe she fitted his emotional support rabbit with a GPS collar.

  8. luckeratron Avatar

    The absolute bollocks that this maniac is believing aside, this sounds like a pretty controlling relationship. Advise your mate to ditch as soon as possible.

  9. iamabigtree Avatar

    Chances they are in a family sharing group which will automatically add you to location sharing.

  10. LmbLma Avatar

    If she has his password for Apple she can use Find My.
    There’s Google sharing location thing.
    Do they still use Snapchat? You can get location on there too.

  11. Dialgax Avatar

    Snapchat maps?

  12. freeeeels Avatar

    Could she have hidden an air tag somewhere? In his car, his wallet, a key fob?

  13. OnlymyOP Avatar

    He needs to check everything he owns for AirTags and turn off his location sharing.