Honey, if you really loved me, you'd turn on your location-tracking

Cells phones are coming out with a new feature which will raise some problems for people in close relationships.

These cell phones have GPS tracking technology. With this technology, friends and family members can track each other’s movements on their cell phones.

From a Wall Street Journal article on these spy cells:

The most significant is that cellphone users who sign up can make their whereabouts available only to a network of friend who also buy the service. They can view each others’ location any time, with the proviso that users always can temporarily turn off location-tracking.

With this technology, there is no reason to ask a spouse “Are you still at work?” Just check your phone, it will show you where he or she is (or at least where his or her phone is).

I imagine that many spouses will not want to have their every movement tracked for a variety of reasons, including having an affair.

It should be interesting to see how these conversations play out among couples:

• I let you track my movements, so why can’t I track yours?
  

• If you don’t have anything to hide, why don’t you turn on your tracking-location feature?

Clearly, for some couples this issue will be a significant source of conflict and game-playing (getting two phones, one for location-tracking, which always forwards calls to your real location).