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Q: How do I disable email notifications for Find My iPhone

Is there a way to disable email notification being sent every time Find My iPhone is used?

Posted on Sep 30, 2014 1:47 PM

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  • by FelipeV,

    FelipeV FelipeV Oct 5, 2014 2:49 PM in response to janicefromsydney
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    Oct 5, 2014 2:49 PM in response to janicefromsydney

    janicefromsydney wrote:

     

    Thanks, but you need IOS 8 or later. Shame!

    Not according to this:

     

    Find My Friends: Frequently asked questions

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Oct 5, 2014 3:09 PM in response to janicefromsydney
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    Oct 5, 2014 3:09 PM in response to janicefromsydney

    janicefromsydney wrote:

     

    Thanks, but you need IOS 8 or later. Shame!

    Version 4 (newest) requires iOS 8.

    Older versions do not.

    Go here -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/find-my-friends/id466122094?mt=8

    and it should ask if you want to download older version.

    Not shame...

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Oct 5, 2014 4:20 PM in response to jeffstern5
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    Oct 5, 2014 4:20 PM in response to jeffstern5

    jeffstern5 wrote:

     

    KiltedTim wrote:

     

    An Apple ID is intended to be personal. It is not intended to be used as a method for you to track your children. Most carriers offer services that will do that. Contact yours and find out how much it costs if you don't like the fact that your children are being notified that you don't trust them every time you try to look up their location.

    I'm guessing you don't have children older than about 7, if any. It's not a matter of trust but of concern. And it's not up to Apple to decide what good or bad parenting is. They should make notification an option.  I've had to occasionally find my iphone or iPad. I find the email an annoyance.  In any case, if you can't be helpful and non-personal, best not to reply at all.

    Actually, I have 4 grown children. All of them turned out just fine without wearing a digital leash.

     

    Apple isn't trying to decide what good or bad parenting is. Why you think they should design their products around your shortcomings is your problem. There are options. Explore them and choose one that works for you. We can't alter reality.

  • by shopgirl143,

    shopgirl143 shopgirl143 Oct 20, 2014 6:15 AM in response to Chris CA
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    Oct 20, 2014 6:15 AM in response to Chris CA

    good morning chris how does find my friend works?

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Oct 20, 2014 6:22 AM in response to shopgirl143
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    Oct 20, 2014 6:22 AM in response to shopgirl143
  • by jeffstern5,

    jeffstern5 jeffstern5 Oct 20, 2014 6:42 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout
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    Oct 20, 2014 6:42 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

    Strangely enough, in several tests of this past weekend, the email notifications did not go out. Maybe they heard us! :-)

    In any case, Find My Friends works well in its place.

    Assuming that you've gotten the app, you click "add" and type in the email address they use to log in to Apple. An invitation will go out to them. They then go Find My Friends and accept your request. They can then request to follow you and you get an invitation. Then you have to go to the app and accept.

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Oct 20, 2014 6:57 AM in response to jeffstern5
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    Oct 20, 2014 6:57 AM in response to jeffstern5

    jeffstern5 wrote:

     

    Strangely enough, in several tests of this past weekend, the email notifications did not go out. Maybe they heard us! :-)

     

    No. Find My iPhone is not, and has never been, intended as a tracking device to spy on family members. The odds of Apple modifying it to accommodate that is pretty much zero.

     

    Frankly, I find the prospect of using for such a little creepy.

  • by jeffstern5,

    jeffstern5 jeffstern5 Oct 20, 2014 8:21 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout
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    Oct 20, 2014 8:21 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

    Note the :-) in my comment.

    This discussion started by asking about the apparently new Find My iPhone email feature. It somehow morphed into a commentary on tracking people. How someone uses a feature such as Find My iPhone is up to them and doesn't need commentary. Apple provides what it provides. But, as in pretty much every case pertaining to technology, when something changes it affects how people use that technology and people want it back the way it was. That was the case here. I don't know what happened, but the email feature  has either failed or stopped completely. And then someone asked about Find My Friends, which I find a bit odder than tracking a child via Find My iPhone. I don't really care where my friends are and I don't think they care where I am at any given moment. While you do have to agree to be tracked, there is no notice that someone is tracking you.

  • by shopgirl143,

    shopgirl143 shopgirl143 Oct 20, 2014 8:54 AM in response to jeffstern5
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    Oct 20, 2014 8:54 AM in response to jeffstern5

    Well unfortunately still send email I just tested with my husband and he got an email. And I ask about find my friend for the same reason not to track my friends but my son apparently find my friend don't alert them

     

    Sent from my iPhone

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Oct 20, 2014 9:12 AM in response to jeffstern5
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    Oct 20, 2014 9:12 AM in response to jeffstern5

    jeffstern5 wrote:

     

    While you do have to agree to be tracked, there is no notice that someone is tracking you.

    True - but Find my Friends does require an opt in on the device.

  • by Denis KID,

    Denis KID Denis KID Dec 4, 2014 11:22 AM in response to zee28
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    Dec 4, 2014 11:22 AM in response to zee28

    I've found a very simple way to get rid of the email notifications

    Just applied the following filter direct on my mail server:

    if subject contains "Your Apple ID was used to sign into Find My iPhone" => delete message from server

  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Dec 4, 2014 11:27 AM in response to Denis KID
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    Dec 4, 2014 11:27 AM in response to Denis KID

    Denis KID wrote:

     

    I've found a very simple way to get rid of the email notifications

    Just applied the following filter direct on my mail server:

    if subject contains "Your Apple ID was used to sign into Find My iPhone" => delete message from server

    Don't come complaining to us if your account is compromised...

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 4, 2014 1:46 PM in response to Denis KID
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    Dec 4, 2014 1:46 PM in response to Denis KID

    Denis KID wrote:

    I've found a very simple way to get rid of the email notifications

    Just don't use FindMyiPhone.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 4, 2014 1:58 PM in response to janicefromsydney
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    Dec 4, 2014 1:58 PM in response to janicefromsydney

    never mind.

    Please delete

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