Is it still okay to let kids run around outside all day, sometimes not knowing exactly where they are?

Hiii 18 year old girl here. I luckily did not have a technology induced childhood as my parents made it a point to go outside and not let me have much technology— like the most we had was Nickelodeon and the occasional Netflix DVD (anyone remember those?)

Anyways, I want to do this for my kids too but would it still be acceptable? I feel like people would call cps if they saw kids outside at like 8 pm alone. And would it even be safe for kids to do that anymore? Like be outside alone at 8 pm, even if it was near our house? Like I know the world has always been a dangerous place but it somehow feels way worse now, again this may just be my perspective because it’s only been 18 years for me lol.

Idk but is it still feasible? Or is it just a dream of a more normal world again?

To be clear, I have no kids and am not planning on having kids for at least a decade but I’m just wondering what other people’s thoughts are about this.