{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cybertraps Podcast","title":"Should You Use Tech to Track Your Child's Movements? Cybertraps 124","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9e4eb83a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2636,"description":"Show Notes  Starting Place   Companies are constantly releasing new tools for tracking the physical movements of children. Should parents use them?\n Child monitoring apps and devices are rapidly becoming a multi-billion market\n By #2012, more than 20 million people were already using Life360 – just five years after the iPhone was released\n- #2019 UK study – 40% of parents/guardians had deployed real-time GPS tracking and 15% checked locations “constantly”\nA Relatively New Phenomenon  Technology and consumer interest began growing in early 2010s\nTwo main models  Location-sharing – provides real-time updates of a device’s location\nGeofencing – provides alerts only when a device leaves or enters a specific area\nSpecialized features are emerging  Speed monitoring and crash detection for teen drivers\nRemote activation of device microphones\n“Stealth mode” – parents can install monitoring without any knowledge of child\nMotivations for Tracking  Keeping track of devices or belongings\nMake sure kids are where they are supposed to be\nKeep a digital eye on children with health issues\nStranger danger  Risk overblown by sensationalist headlines?\nViolence\nNatural disasters\nGreater freedom for children?\nRelevant Technologies  GPS (sometimes + WiFi)  Backpacks\nPhones  Gabb Wireless\nhttps://gabbwireless.com/\nPinwheel\nhttps://www.pinwheel.com/\nTrackers  Jiobit\nWatches  Xplora X5 Play\nBluetooth – limited utility in moving vehicles  AirTags\nTile\nApps  Circle Home Plus\nFamiGuard\nFamily360\nFind My Friends (Apple, 2011)\nFind My Kids (2016)\niSharing\nLife360 (GPS) (2008)\nMy Family\nPotential for Abuse  Cybertraps for Spouses, Partners, and Lovers\nFundamental Questions  Is this legal?  Yes. Parents have the right to supervise their children. As the owners of electronic devices, parents also have the right to install or remove software and establish rules for the use of the device.\nDoes it work?  Sonia Livingstone, a professor in the department of media and communications at the London...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-npbjlTwEpH5Ybi_ySNRhS-EfNqaI7Ep1svTppTGhLE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNTcyLzE2ODM5/MjY0NDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}