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Location Sharing & Safety

Adults only

AirMates is intended for adults aged 18 or older. If a younger family member uses a shared device, please supervise their access and do not let them sign in or share their location without you.

Connect with care

Only connect with people you trust, and only share location when it is appropriate, lawful, and wanted by everyone involved.

Never track without consent

Never use AirMates to stalk, harass, intimidate, coerce, monitor, or track anyone without consent. Coercion is not consent. Illegal, abusive, or unsafe use is prohibited and may result in account removal.

You control your sharing

You control your sharing. When sharing is on, friends see the nearest airport you are at, never a precise street address or live coordinates. You can set a Heading To destination to let friends know where you are headed. That destination is visible to the same friends who can see your live sharing, clears automatically after about 48 hours, and you can clear it sooner from the destination pill at any time. You can stop sharing at any time from the Sharing tab.

Searching is for connecting, not finding

The in-app search lets you look up another user by their AirMates username or by their display name so you can send them a connection request. It is not a way to browse, enumerate, or locate people who have not given you their handle. Do not use search to track down someone who has declined or removed a connection, and do not share another user's handle on their behalf. Let them choose to share it themselves.

Your responsibility

You are responsible for who you connect with, what you share, and when you turn sharing on or off. If a connection no longer feels right, stop sharing or remove them.

Not for emergencies

Do not rely on AirMates for emergencies, search and rescue, or any safety-critical decision. Locations may be stale or incorrect. In an emergency, contact the appropriate emergency services directly.

Respect what your friends share with you

What a friend shares with you on AirMates (their location, their handle, their profile) is theirs, not yours. Do not pass it on to third parties without their permission. If a friend asks you for an introduction to one of your other mates, let the mate decide and share their own handle. Do not share it for them.

Friends-first, not surveillance

AirMates is designed for friends-first coordination, not surveillance. If you experience misuse by another user, you can remove the connection at any time and report the issue using the Send feedback option in Settings, or by emailing AirMates.app@gmail.com.

Questions? Email AirMates.app@gmail.com.