Jenny SingerSep 9, 2026 – 5.00amOne night in December, Abbie Pruitt went Christmas shopping for her children. She didn’t want to raise their suspicions, so she opened the location-sharing app her family uses and adjusted the settings so her precise geolocation wouldn’t be visible to anyone.Not five minutes later, she got a call from her daughter, Kylie, demanding to know where she was and why her location wasn’t visible on the Life360 app.Washington PostSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles