GPS Collar for my Kids
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,351 words · ~6 min read
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it is truly amazing how often South Park
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gets it right July 2002 the episode
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child abduction is not funny aired and the parents went far beyond the kid
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leash and equipped their children with GPS tracking devices so we well here we
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are 15 years later and the Snow Fox
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Family Tracker from Haan products might
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not be as cool looking but it is a real thing I backed it on Indiegogo about 6
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months ago half out of curiosity and
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half out of a genuine intention to use it but is it a useful child tracking
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tool should we clip GPS tags to our
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children's ears these are some great
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questions
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processor check it out at the link in the video
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description so let's start then with how the snow fox Works they Market it as a
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solution to help you keep tabs on kids or seniors that you otherwise might lose
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the device itself is pretty simple on the back you'll find a microb USB
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charging port with a weather resistant rubber flap the snow Fox's IP 54 rated
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so dust and splash resistant but don't expect to go swimming with it along the
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edges are an attachment point for a wrist strap and a little tag that you
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should not remove since it contains the device's wireless antenna it connects to
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a compatible 3G network for voice calling so make sure you order the right
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model for your country on the front is
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everything your kid or Nan is expected to use a microphone a speaker and a
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single button surrounded by an RGB LED ring that flashes according to what's
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going on other than flashing green for an incoming call there's really not much
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to it okay so let's set it up the first
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month of wireless service is included and there isn't even a Sim slot so your
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subscription is handled through Halen the process of adding it to the app is
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easy provided you don't misplace the QR code sticker on your manual and provided
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you manag to figure out that instead of manually clicking the next field you
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have to press next both the iOS and
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Android apps are a little buggy so I
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finally did get my registration working then you name your snow fox attach it to
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something you love and hope for the best
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from inside the app you can see the realtime locations with the option to
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call navigate to with Google Maps or some other service if you prefer or
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share the location of one or multiple snow foxes along with the last 20 GPS
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coordinates with family circuses lines drawn between them with an activity
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history that lists Out locations along with a call and notification history to
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make this report more detailed you can set up places such as home uh school and
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Chuck's house though as with any GPS device the accuracy is probably only
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useful to within about a city block so don't expect to know if Little Sally is
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in the kitchen or the living room these zones can be configured with some
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special properties like silencing the phone ringer at school or sending a push
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alert to all the shared Guardians in the app if they go over to that bad
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influence kid's house the way it works from my son's perspective is he can
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press the button once to tell me he's thinking of me okay I wish that could be
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configured to just let him call me or he can hold it for 3 seconds to notify all
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of the Guardians that he wants someone to call him voice quality is what I
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would describe as good enough though only being able to use it as a speaker
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phone is a bit of a drag and the app's Guardian invitation system is bugged
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right now and it keeps asking me to enter my wife's phone number in international format when there's no way
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to do that on North American versions of iOS or Android as far as I can tell
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though I'm sure they'll get that sorted you'll end up charging the snow fox
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about once a week as long as you don't spend too much time chatting on it and
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it can only be turned off by The
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Guardian app so there you have it then for the
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price of only about €10 a month plus the € 150 upfront cost which does seem a
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little unreasonable given it doesn't even have a screen the technology to
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track your loved ones Weasley family style is here with the only real
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question being should we be doing
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this and as a parent I'm pretty Torn To
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be honest on the one hand privacy Advocates everywhere are probably
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queuing up to crucify me in the video comments for even considering this but
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on the other hand in the event that something did go wrong I'd be devastated
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to feel that all I had to do was pay 10 bucks a month to clip something to my
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son to ensure that I could find him since especially today with this
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technology only just starting to appear the odds of a wouldbe child Napper
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realizing the cute little toy that he wears is a GPS tracking device does seem
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pretty slim but if I can't trust my kids and if
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they don't learn to function in the real world how will they survive as adults
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and just because I intend to use this device responsibly doesn't mean every
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parent would should it exist for me if
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someone else would use it in an abusive Manner and where is this technology
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going will tag and tracking our children be as routine as giving them a measles
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and mths vaccine by the time I'm a grandpa how will I feel about that so in
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the end by attempting to write out my answer to the original question I've
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ended up more confused than I was when I started and maybe that's the first step
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to understanding any new technological advance and maybe step number two is
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