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Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android?

From The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android?
Date 2015-07-14 22:47 -0700
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On 07/14/2015 04:19 PM, Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <mo2t3s$5uh$1@solani.org>, Werner Obermeier <spamfreewob@arcor.de> wrote:
>>I bought my teen a new Android phone and I want to be
>>able to track him if I need to (especially since I'm trying to
>>keep him away from some bad apples).

"Do you want a phone?  Then this is one of the conditions.  If you can't 
accept that tell me now before I place the order."   Same as the 
difference between highly-visible and camouflaged cop cars -- one is for 
safety, the other is for entrapment.

>>Googling, I found "Prey" seems to show me where the phone is on a map.
>>
>>Is that the typical tracking solution?
>>Does it stay under cover?
>>I don't need 24/7.
>>
>>Just in emergencies or when he doesn't call and tell me where he is.
>
> This question sounds dodgy at best to me.
> If it's a real question, suggest you educate your teen rather than spy on
> them. :)

I think it depends on the circumstances.  Even the best kids can get 
into situations where it would be a good thing for a parent to know 
where they are.  While it's not as dangerous as the media and others who 
benefit from the fears of the citizenry would have us believe, it's not 
as safe now as it was when we were kids.

Remember the stupid bitch who turned in the "free range" kids and the 
cops didn't notify the parents for hours?  Kids are certainly not safe 
from do-gooding assholes and power-mad gestapo-wannabes.

My daughter thought it would be a good idea to chip kids the day they 
were born.  HER daughter thought that was a rotten idea.  I sided with 
the daughter, but a cell phone isn't an implant.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
*******************************************
"I've learned that you can keep puking long
  after you think you're finished."    -- SL

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Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? noydb@no.way (Bruce Sinclair) - 2015-07-14 23:19 +0000
  Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? Alan Meyer <ameyer2@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-14 21:26 -0400
    Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? Alan Meyer <ameyer2@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-14 21:31 -0400
  Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-14 22:47 -0700
    Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? J0HNS0N <12J0HNSON1022@92300nomail.com> - 2015-07-15 00:48 -0700
  Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-15 20:49 +0200
    Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 12:02 -0700
      Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? Alan Meyer <ameyer2@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-16 17:08 -0400
        Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 15:34 -0700
  Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android? Lerm <lerm4comptroller@deathtoamerica.org> - 2015-07-17 12:18 -0600

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