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The tracks of my tears: my wife doesn’t care about my location | Brief letters
Publisher description: Brief letters: Tracking apps | Weather forecasts | Parthenon puddles | Tautologies
The Guardian | Sep 18, 2026 | Guardian staff reporter
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Regarding Adrian Chiles and his tracking apps (Location-tracking apps have turned me into a gibbering wreck – but I just can’t look away, 16 September), I have the reverse issue. I added a phone tracking app to my wife’s phone so that she can track me when I’m out and about on my own (it makes me feel safer on the mean streets of Islington). Perhaps she could give Adrian some coaching. Colin DrylandLondon I recognise Margaret Squires’ frustration on clashing forecasts on various weather apps (Letters, 11 September).
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