it is truly amazing how often South Park
gets it right July 2002 the episode
child abduction is not funny aired and the parents went far beyond the kid
leash and equipped their children with GPS tracking devices so we well here we
are 15 years later and the Snow Fox
Family Tracker from Haan products might
not be as cool looking but it is a real thing I backed it on Indiegogo about 6
months ago half out of curiosity and
half out of a genuine intention to use it but is it a useful child tracking
tool should we clip GPS tags to our
children's ears these are some great
questions
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description so let's start then with how the snow fox Works they Market it as a
solution to help you keep tabs on kids or seniors that you otherwise might lose
the device itself is pretty simple on the back you'll find a microb USB
charging port with a weather resistant rubber flap the snow Fox's IP 54 rated
so dust and splash resistant but don't expect to go swimming with it along the
edges are an attachment point for a wrist strap and a little tag that you
should not remove since it contains the device's wireless antenna it connects to
a compatible 3G network for voice calling so make sure you order the right
model for your country on the front is
everything your kid or Nan is expected to use a microphone a speaker and a
single button surrounded by an RGB LED ring that flashes according to what's
going on other than flashing green for an incoming call there's really not much
to it okay so let's set it up the first
month of wireless service is included and there isn't even a Sim slot so your
subscription is handled through Halen the process of adding it to the app is
easy provided you don't misplace the QR code sticker on your manual and provided
you manag to figure out that instead of manually clicking the next field you
have to press next both the iOS and
Android apps are a little buggy so I
finally did get my registration working then you name your snow fox attach it to
something you love and hope for the best
from inside the app you can see the realtime locations with the option to
call navigate to with Google Maps or some other service if you prefer or
share the location of one or multiple snow foxes along with the last 20 GPS
coordinates with family circuses lines drawn between them with an activity
history that lists Out locations along with a call and notification history to
make this report more detailed you can set up places such as home uh school and
Chuck's house though as with any GPS device the accuracy is probably only
useful to within about a city block so don't expect to know if Little Sally is
in the kitchen or the living room these zones can be configured with some
special properties like silencing the phone ringer at school or sending a push
alert to all the shared Guardians in the app if they go over to that bad
influence kid's house the way it works from my son's perspective is he can
press the button once to tell me he's thinking of me okay I wish that could be
configured to just let him call me or he can hold it for 3 seconds to notify all
of the Guardians that he wants someone to call him voice quality is what I
would describe as good enough though only being able to use it as a speaker
phone is a bit of a drag and the app's Guardian invitation system is bugged
right now and it keeps asking me to enter my wife's phone number in international format when there's no way
to do that on North American versions of iOS or Android as far as I can tell
though I'm sure they'll get that sorted you'll end up charging the snow fox
about once a week as long as you don't spend too much time chatting on it and
it can only be turned off by The
Guardian app so there you have it then for the
price of only about €10 a month plus the € 150 upfront cost which does seem a
little unreasonable given it doesn't even have a screen the technology to
track your loved ones Weasley family style is here with the only real
question being should we be doing
this and as a parent I'm pretty Torn To
be honest on the one hand privacy Advocates everywhere are probably
queuing up to crucify me in the video comments for even considering this but
on the other hand in the event that something did go wrong I'd be devastated
to feel that all I had to do was pay 10 bucks a month to clip something to my
son to ensure that I could find him since especially today with this
technology only just starting to appear the odds of a wouldbe child Napper
realizing the cute little toy that he wears is a GPS tracking device does seem
pretty slim but if I can't trust my kids and if
they don't learn to function in the real world how will they survive as adults
and just because I intend to use this device responsibly doesn't mean every
parent would should it exist for me if
someone else would use it in an abusive Manner and where is this technology
going will tag and tracking our children be as routine as giving them a measles
and mths vaccine by the time I'm a grandpa how will I feel about that so in
the end by attempting to write out my answer to the original question I've
ended up more confused than I was when I started and maybe that's the first step
to understanding any new technological advance and maybe step number two is
discussion I want to hear your thoughts in the comments below what do you think
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