• Link.wav [he/him]@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    This makes me sad. My brother and his wife always tracked my niece and nephew, and I feel like it did more harm than good. I remember agreeing to drive my nephew to buy fireworks, and on the way home I swung by Target to pick up my best friend a gift for his wedding, and my sister in law called my nephew and threatened to take his phone away because he wasn’t where he said he was going. Granted, I could have called, but it was a quick stop, and I didn’t know at the time they were watching him 24/7.

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      1 year ago

      It is important to differentiate between able to know and contact tracking to enable controlling behavior. Knowing to help with communication and transportation arrangements is great, but nitpicking an extra stop on the way home to Target? Sheesh.

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        This is really what it comes down to, I think. When my newborn daughter gets old enough to have a phone and go out on your own, you bet I’m going to make sure I am able to know where she is at all times.

        But I’m going to trust her to do the right thing and make good decisions, so I won’t be demanding she go only where I designate. Kids need to be able to do their own thing and learn through experience. The better lesson is to have them check in with a text every now and then, because it’s the respectful thing to do with family.

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          Phone-as-EPIRB is truly one of the biggest benefits.

          I would suggest only having instantaneous location history or very short like 10min to avoid the temptation to pry.

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      “Wait, you mean you’re going to take away my phone so you’ll have no idea where I am, ever, you stupid fucking dink? Yeah, that’s fucking brilliant. Shut up and make me a pie.”