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

Date	2015-07-17 12:18 -0600
From	Lerm <lerm4comptroller@deathtoamerica.org>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Is Prey the best way to track a young kid with Android?
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On 07/14/2015 05:19 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).
>>
>> 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. :)

That's what I thought.  And I was a teenager once myself, and there was
never a technology my parents had better mastership over than me.  This
kid will quickly figure out how to spoof his location.

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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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