Watch out kids, here comes Phonesitter a service that uses your mobi to tell your parents where you are
Now this may seem a bit Orwellian for some, but Mobile Marketing Magazine reports that from 13 August, parents who want to know where their kids are will be able to find out, so long as they have a mobile phone on the right network.
It’s all down to Phonesitter, a new service that tracks the movements of individuals via their handset. Phonesitter establishes locations using the transmitter/receiver networks of Orange, T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone. Although established in other parts of the world, phone tracking has only recently been permitted in the UK after a change in legislation.
The service costs from £5 per month, for which you can track up to five phones, and though it sounds intrusive, the company behind the service points out that it’s not possible to track any phone without the prior knowledge and authorisation of the phone holder, and that once authorised, all registered phone holders are informed that they may be tracked, and may withdraw from the service at any time, by sending a text message to Phonesitter.
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One thought on “Watch out kids, here comes Phonesitter a service that uses your mobi to tell your parents where you are”
Bosses could also use it on their employees. Yuck.
Mind you, it only tracks to the nearest mile or so in cities, and two miles in rural areas, so you’re not totally tracked.
And (I know this is unlikely) the target can just turn their phone off.
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