A post to comfort Moms on Mother's Day.
We talked a lot this semester about how technology keeps us connected. We also talked about privacy issues and sites like spokeo.com that give away valuable personal information. And how Facebook is an issue for parents with young teens. But what if there was now a way for parents to track their kids and their whereabouts (!?!?). This new app for phones allows parents to check where their kids are - this ad is equally creepy.
http://creativity-online.com/work/im-ok-knowing-without-the-nagging/23187
The one positive about this app is that it is a private setting and you don't have to deal with the public social networks - like FourSquare - knowing where you are.
What do you think? Will it catch on? And would kids really use the app?
Although this is a cool idea, most phone services have an application called "kid locator" anyways. I think for Sprint its like, ten bucks a month and the authorized user can track all the phones on the plan to a pretty close proximity. I think that if it is advertised to kids the right way then they might possibly use it, but parents have their own sneaky way to track kids anyways.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is a bad idea. The truth is if the kid is honest of his or her whereabouts then they have nothing to hide or worry about. Kids will find a way to get around this anyway. Everyone knows as a kid who still lives under parents rule do not have the same rights as we do when we get older...it's just a fact of life.
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