With the newest update, when I try to set a notification for a friend of when they will leave or arrive somewhere and select Notify me, I also get an alert that the friend will also be notified. How can I turn that off? I may not want my friend to know that I have set that notification.
iPhone 8
That is a change that fixed a privacy issue in the way Find Friends worked. There is no way to prevent the friend from knowing that you have set a geofence on them. If they are truly a friend they certainly shouldn't mind!
And your child should absolutely know you are watching them. If you don't want them to know just keep checking; don't set a geofence.
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The volunteers here did not make this change.
Nobody here can or will speak for Apple.
if you’re looking for your child they’ll know
And if others are looking for your child, they'll know.
Seems a fair trade for their security. The child's, not those looking for them.
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It also notifies the other person if you stop sharing your location with them! If I no longer want someone to be able to see my location for personal reasons I should be able to stop sharing my location with them without them receiving notifications about it!
That makes no sense. I can ONLY see the individuals who have CHOSEN to share their location with me. The notification only works in the background what I can actively see. So instead of having the app open and watching, the notification would watch and the notify me when they are in the targeted area. Given they have already given permission to share their location, I don't see ANY invasion of privacy. The notification just provides convenience.
Now if I could do that with someone who had NOT given permission to share their location with me, that WOULD be a violation, but that is NOT the case here.
It sounds like you don't understand the existing security features. The owner of the phone has to first authorize another user to locate the phone. So there is no issue of strangers locating their child. As a parent - if you don't trust the other person to locate the phone, then don't grant them access. And if you only want to give them temporary access, well the program has the ability to share your location for a limited time. Problem solved.
I totally agree with the others comments -- this was a dumb decision to notify the other user when a geofence has been set up. The other user has a chance to accept or deny the ability of others to see their location when they share their location in the first place. There is no need for a second layer of notification.
In my case, adding an additional notification when the geofence is turned on limits the utility of the notification feature.
For example, my wife and I share our location with each other, but I don't necessarily want her to be notified every time I set up a geo-fence notification... Sometimes I do this so that I can get supper ready before she gets home... Other times, it is so I have enough time to put away my toys, so it looks like I've been working when she gets home. (so she doesn't nag me for playing with my toys). It serves no useful purpose in this case for her to be notified of the geofence -as it is just going to lead to more nagging..
I hate this feature it’s such B.S. I wish I would’ve known I would’ve never done the update. Because if you’re looking for your child they’ll know
Apple fix this
Find my: Notify me now also notifies the friend, how can that be turned off?
