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T-Mobile Shows Users the Names, Pictures, and Exact Locations of Random Children

"I would log in and I couldn’t see my children but I could see a kid in California. I refreshed and would see a different child.”

^{Jason Koebler (404 Media)}

#privacy

in reply to ssroxnak

I like the idea of a kid tracker, but I also don't think it's super necessary. Especially when this happens. To me, it implies that T-Mobile isn't using end to end encryption between the tracker and parents phone. Maybe from tracker to T-Mobile to parents.

Side note: Any decent kid tracker thingies that respect privacy?

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aislopmukbang

in reply to ssroxnak • 3 days ago • •

About a decade ago I worked for T-Mobile on a very similar product. I would be surprised if they used any security considering during my time there, they would commonly ship hackathon projects as-is.

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TaviRider

in reply to ssroxnak • 3 days ago • •

Side note: Any decent kid tracker thingies that respect privacy?

Apple Watch works well as a kid tracker if they’re old enough to wear it safely, and I think the privacy aspects are very good. It uses the FindMy network, and Apple can’t see the location. There’s a bunch of specifics here. Apple Watch used to require an iPhone, but Apple made it so you can add a kid’s watch to the family so it uses a parent’s iPhone instead.

Legal - Find My & Privacy - Apple

Data & Privacy

^Apple

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HumanPerson

in reply to ssroxnak • 3 days ago • •

Fmdlocator. It can auto reply a text with location to whitelisted contacts.

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BigMacHole

in reply to ssroxnak • 3 days ago • •

Quick! Get T Mobile a Pardon before these WOKE LIBRULS try to PUNISH them for Showing people the Pictures and Locations of RANDOM CHILDREN IN THE COUNTRY!

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Panamalt

in reply to ssroxnak • 3 days ago • •

I get why one would want to LoJack their kids, but maybe don't give a major corporation ready access to that kind of information

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irotsoma

in reply to Panamalt • 3 days ago • •

I get the idea of wanting that lifeline in case of an emergency, but I agree, constant tracking is toxic. I'd never give a corporation my kids' information just for some small convenience like that. Basically selling their future for almost nothing. By the time they grow up, potential employers and governments will know every place they ever visited as a kid, even places that might have been technically trespassing or politically divisive in the future. Kids need to learn and explore and be guided on what's right and wrong, not be punished for minor stuff they did as children their entire lives.

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Panamalt

in reply to irotsoma • 3 days ago • •

One of the big problems is even more basic than the evils of capitalism, as you mention. If there is some asshole looking to hurt you or your kids, suddenly there is a perfect (and apparently public) record literally advertising the kids' exact location at all times.