GPS Locator for Children
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GPS Locator for Children
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Some totally off-topic trivia to read if you are bored .... http://www.wherifywireless.com/prod_watches.htm
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Andrew
Some totally off-topic trivia to read if you are bored .... http://www.wherifywireless.com/prod_watches.htm
Regards
Andrew
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Parenting (for some) in a modern age ...
Cable TV - check
Internet w/ filter (doesn't actually work properly) - check
McDonalds - check
GPS locator - check
Then off to the pub for a whinge about the local hooligans who haven't been brought up properly.
Edit: Not to say that it wouldn't have practical uses. I'm just referring to abuses above.
Cable TV - check
Internet w/ filter (doesn't actually work properly) - check
McDonalds - check
GPS locator - check
Then off to the pub for a whinge about the local hooligans who haven't been brought up properly.
Edit: Not to say that it wouldn't have practical uses. I'm just referring to abuses above.
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as the parents of an autistic child who is an escape and dissapear artist this would be a god sent for us...
wouldnt work to good inside though would it
wouldnt work to good inside though would it
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I was thinking more from a kid point of view at the time. If a kid was taken by someone, then the kid could call for help with it. The person may not realise at the time that it is more them a watch. But as a parent wanting to check up on they child every 5 mins.......NO. That is not what I would want it for and I would not do it. As for Andrew&leese case it would be an excellent device
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This has already been discussed on the RISKS newsgroup as nearly all were concerned by this technology. Things that spring to mind are:
1 Trusting it will always work without knowing how often GPS fails to work. Getting worried over the errors and then suffering from the 'boy who cried wolf ' syndrome. How long would parents take before it wasn't trusted.
2 If your kid was kidnapped this device would be recognised and discarded.
3 Looks like the word 'trust' might not appear in your kids thoughts much.
4 Probably wont work inside malls, movie theatres, etc.
5 Easy to fool, kid lends it to friend when they want to nick off for a time.
6 You would want the security incredibly tight becuase if the wrong people got access to where Johny is you can imagine how this can used. Because this can be accessed from home by parents you already have security issues with using the public internet.
7 You can easily buy a unit and use it to track a non-child with all the inherant risks. Most people have a bit of trouble cobbling together a GPS and mobile phone, this device makes it off the shelf simplicity.
8 It can also be used to track things apart from people with all the inherant criminal uses.
In summary most people,thought the risks and harm outweighed the benefits.For those with mental problems, dementia and other all-the-time problems it might be useful but there are very serious risks with the technology.
1 Trusting it will always work without knowing how often GPS fails to work. Getting worried over the errors and then suffering from the 'boy who cried wolf ' syndrome. How long would parents take before it wasn't trusted.
2 If your kid was kidnapped this device would be recognised and discarded.
3 Looks like the word 'trust' might not appear in your kids thoughts much.
4 Probably wont work inside malls, movie theatres, etc.
5 Easy to fool, kid lends it to friend when they want to nick off for a time.
6 You would want the security incredibly tight becuase if the wrong people got access to where Johny is you can imagine how this can used. Because this can be accessed from home by parents you already have security issues with using the public internet.
7 You can easily buy a unit and use it to track a non-child with all the inherant risks. Most people have a bit of trouble cobbling together a GPS and mobile phone, this device makes it off the shelf simplicity.
8 It can also be used to track things apart from people with all the inherant criminal uses.
In summary most people,thought the risks and harm outweighed the benefits.For those with mental problems, dementia and other all-the-time problems it might be useful but there are very serious risks with the technology.
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I'm not sure this product will work in Australia, it uses infrastructure that I don't believe exists here (PCS wireless). It's certainly feasible to have an equivalent system (using GSM or CDMA). People track their expensive cars with the same technology, and I was thinking of building something simpler, but similar myself (send sms to car, car sends sms back indicating last known position from built in GPSr).
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Most people would say its overkill by protective parents. But as a parent of a particularly pretty, chatty, friendly little girl- she is the kind of child that would be a target (and an easy one) for strangers. Without me ripping my eyes out, connecting them with cords and glueing them to my daughter 24/7- I cannot physically keep a close watch on her. She is totally aware of stranger danger, but that doesn't stop her from talking to people when we're out and about, or her telling them her name- (she's been told a hundred times not to do it-but she's 7-what can you do??) I always worry that someone may lure her away from us. I personally know of two children who were lured away from their parents long enough for someone to grab them and take off- they were only located because it was a small town (two separate incidents- three days apart) and people remembered the car- and the children. It was later found out the guy who'd taken them had committed similar crimes before, and was a serial paedophile. Would I have wanted my child to be wearing some kind of item to make them easier to find if this fruitcake had taken them? HELL YES. No doubt. Whether its via a GPS, or some other tracking device- in this day and age- I feel its necessary. <br>
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