The Mobile Protector

[kid_with_camera]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100109/tc_afp/usitsocietytelecomautotaserces

So basically you can stalk your kids wherever they are.

"The phone application, called "Mobile Protector," allows a parent to screen a child's incoming and outgoing calls and messages, block particular numbers and even listen in on a conversation. "

"You can start it out very restrictive and then as they get older you can relax those restrictions as that trust factor's gained," Smith said.

Smith said that when listening in on a call "it's going to announce that to both parties." "We're not doing spyware. This is a collaboration effort," he said.

Opinions?

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

I don't really agree with it, but hey, what can I do about it?
It's not on my phone, so it does not affect me... or whatever...

 

[NuclearPenguin]

Its not on my phone, its not in my mind. It can go fuck itself.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

It's not really that evil when it tells you your parents are listening in. Even then it's easy as pie to get a cheap, crappy Pay-as-You-Go phone you can hide from them.

Otherwise it doesn't affect me as my parents already trust me and they don't actually give ashit about what me and my friends text to one another.

 

[wordsmith]

A Pay As You Go SIM card- £5
A new handset- £35 with the PAYG card

Making your parents $30 a month tracking device totally useless- Priceless.

There's some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's technologically superior offspring.

 

[Red Right Hand]

emmmm..... breach of privacy anyone? And parents who have the nerve and paranoia to actually use that shouldn't be having children. There's got to be some trust in the relationship and it's bullshit apps like these that take it right out.

A Pay As You Go SIM card- £5
A new handset- £35 with the PAYG card

Making your parents $30 a month tracking device totally useless- Priceless.

There's some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's technologically superior offspring.

Thats genius

 

[Kollega]

A Pay As You Go SIM card- £5
A new handset- £35 with the PAYG card

Making your parents $30 a month tracking device totally useless- Priceless.

There's some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's technologically superior offspring.

That, sir, is a comedic gold.

OT: well, at least it's not secret. Still bad, but not as bad as it could be.