Sprint Drops Price of Family Locator Service
Good Deal but...
This is a small price to pay for your kids safety and feel it is worth it.
But not so sure it would work just to keep tabs on your troubled kid/Spouse. Does this work when the handset is off? I don't believe it does. So your kid or spouse could elude any detection by shutting their phone off and using a friends or lovers. Also there is a way to shut off the GPS on the phone anyway except for the 911. Can someone correct me if I am wrong?
But again for safety, it is worth it.
But not so sure it would work just to keep tabs on your troubled kid/Spouse. Does this work when the handset is off? I don't believe it does. So your kid or spouse could elude any detection by shutting their phone off and using a friends or lovers. Also there is a way to shut off the GPS on the phone anyway except for the 911. Can someone correct me if I am wrong?
But again for safety, it is worth it.
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It doesn't work if the handset is off, but you will be able to tell, because there is a feature that will show where your child has been. If there's a big hole in there, I guess your kid has some 'splainin' to do.
Also, if you had a child who was not going to school or going in late everyday, you could set it up so that if your child's handset did not reach a certain landmark (the school) by a certain time, you would get a text notification. If the handset were turned off, you would still get a notification. How many times is the kid going to be able to tell you the battery died?
As far as the spouse thing goes, it's not geared for that. It's really for guardians to track their children. I think there are enough privacy concerns wh...
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Also, if you had a child who was not going to school or going in late everyday, you could set it up so that if your child's handset did not reach a certain landmark (the school) by a certain time, you would get a text notification. If the handset were turned off, you would still get a notification. How many times is the kid going to be able to tell you the battery died?
As far as the spouse thing goes, it's not geared for that. It's really for guardians to track their children. I think there are enough privacy concerns wh...
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Thankfully I don't have to worry. My Son is 29 with 2 kids and I have a wonderful Wife. I just like to know these things for reference. I just can't picture two dots chasing each other in an apartment building and then a rapid repeated touching sequence in the bedroom. That would kind of suck! 😲
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I think overall this feature is great for tracking, but YES it can be turned off on the handset and also your child/spouse gets a text to their phone when being tracked. Ooopps, your caught!
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