Brokers want to track me....

I just tell them I'll email them daily or they can call at any time to see where I am. If they don't trust me, then why are we working together?

 

That's completely reasonable to me, it's also reasonable if they don't want to give you loads either, well not reasonable but it is their right.

 

I can see their side of it. I'm sure drivers lied about where they are and end up delivering late or can't be found and arrive whenever and the receiver is angry cuz broker can't update. In my experience I've been asked by new broker I occasionally haul for to use macro point, I did a couple times, now when I haul for him he says I can just email updates cuz he knows I'm good.
I didn't have any issues with macro point.

 

At my last job my dispatcher gave me a brokered load and said I had to download the tracking app. So I looked at the download instructions and read the user agreement beginning to end. You give them full access to everything on your phone including address book, facebook friends and even your photo gallery. I told my dispatcher no way, and she said I had to. I told her I quit and would be parking my rig in the short term parking at the nearest airport with the keys inside. She decided to take me off the load, and never asked me to do that again.

 

If they don’t trust you, you might want to find a new broker.
Ask them if tracking you is going to get it there any faster, and you want to track them too, turn about is fair play
Ask if it pays more, and if they will buy you a computer tablet to download this on and pay for internet on it

 

He told you that because he already KNOWS where you are whether you email him or not.

 

Else you could maybe get a throwaway Wal-Mart phone and see if that works.

 

Had a very similar experience when I was a company guy too. Mine was a little worse though because they never asked me to do it. They just gave Coyote my cell number and I started getting all of these weird texts thanking me for allowing them access to track me etc etc. I lost my mind! Not cool at all.