Once real-time location sharing is active in Google Messages, a persistent banner appears at the top of the chat, clearly indicating that live location sharing is on and showing how much time is left.

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It's been six years since I wrote about the impact of location-sharing apps on trust and relationships. Six years is a long time when it comes to technology. In those years, location tracking has ...

On any given Saturday in Boston, Beth George might tap open her iPhone’s Find My Friends app to take a quick scroll through thirty tiny dots scattered across her map. It’s not for surveillance ...