Worried about the welfare of your children? Think that being able to use their cellphone to track their whereabouts will help? Then think again.
Less than a year after mobile phone tracking services were launched in the UK, children’s charities are demanding tighter controls on the technology. Without proper regulation, they say, these services could themselves put children at risk.
Services that can track phones to within about 150 metres were introduced in Europe to allow emergency services to trace calls. Other paid-for location services then emerged, including those allowing parents to keep tabs on their children.
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