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Deviant · 09-12-2010 03:31 AM

Verizon Wireless has this service called Chaperone. This allows adults to see where they're child is via phone. Not only that, but it can email smartphones every time you pretty much move.

When my conservative, overprotective dad found out about this, he took advantage of the program right away. So now whenever I'm out of his supervision, he can pretty much see everywhere I go.

This has had a lot of negative impacts on me. Lets just say this program is extremely glitchy. It can read from 5-150 miles off. And its done this on several occasions. Now my dad's imagination has led him to believe that I've been doing an array of things. This whole program is bullshit. I don't feel trusted. I don't feel secure in my privacy.

When I'm at my mom's house (my parents are divorced) I shouldn't have to get a phone call from my dad interrogating me of why I was at Target with my mom.

Do you think parents should do this to their kids? Even if the kid gets straight A's, has never had a sip of alcohol, misused drugs, messed around with girls, or even snuck out.

Fuuck that.

(I realize this rant was worded weird and was very unorganized.)

Thought Criminal · 09-12-2010 03:39 AM

Tell your dad to suck it and get your mom to pay your phone bill that way he cant have his stupid orwellian program.

Also, there was nothing wrong with your post. It was fine.

Deviant · 09-12-2010 03:54 AM

I really wish I could tell him that. But he has too many things to hold over my head. If told him what I thought about anything, that would pretty much be the end of my life.

Thought Criminal · 09-12-2010 04:04 AM

Would it be possible to move in with your mom?

Deviant · 09-12-2010 04:26 AM

Its something we've been trying to figure out, just my mom and I. My dad is a self righteous bastard who wants to live my life for me, since he fucked up so bad when he was a teenager, and I haven't. There are two main reasons I haven't moved in yet, though. First, my mom says she doesn't want to put me through my dad's reaction. She thinks he'll degrade me to the point where I'll snap and do something stupid. Second, school is sort of an issue for me. It'd be hard for me to stop seeing some of the people that mean most to me consistently. But I'll eventually get over that.

Elfy · 09-17-2010 04:56 PM

How does this program work? Is it like... a chip?

Aviator · 09-18-2010 07:09 AM

I did hear of one good sideaffect of this thing.

A girl got her phone stolen at school, and, because her mom had the tracker on it, they were able to trace it back to the kids house. So, she and her mom drove over there, knocked on the front door, and totally got her phone back.

Personally, I would've called the police, but, whatever. she got her phone back. Smile

Otherwise - what a violation of privacy. Kids learn through making their own mistakes, and most of them manage to make it home at night. As a society, we need to get out of the "Super Parent" phase, and let our kids make their own mistakes, and learn their own lessons. Even people without the most thoughtful parents still manage to grow up, and a good many of them become successful. Overachieving parents are trying too hard, and probably damaging their kids in the process.

Bummer.

Because, you know what happens? They go to school, figure that they're out of their parents sight, and act like FREAKIN' MENTALLY RETARDED KINDERGARDENERS.

యూజర్ పేరు · 09-18-2010 07:56 AM

There's a thing like this for AT&T. Because my phone sucks and our family is stuck with shitty Verizon, my dad had me test AT&T out for them. He learned there was a Chaperone-like program for AT&T phones, and my mom heard about it, and it took hours to convince her not to do it.

Name · 09-18-2010 09:22 AM

I agree, this is a violation of the person's privacy.

The Desert Fox · 09-20-2010 08:56 AM

BobManPerson Wrote:There's a thing like this for AT&T. Because my phone sucks and our family is stuck with shitty Verizon, my dad had me test AT&T out for them. He learned there was a Chaperone-like program for AT&T phones, and my mom heard about it, and it took her hours to convince her not to do it.

Wait, your mom had to convince herself to not put the tracking thing in your phone?

Raikuron · 09-20-2010 09:18 AM

He can point shit like that out, but if I do I never hear the end of it. Why?

Thought Criminal · 09-20-2010 09:20 AM

Raikuron Wrote:He can point shit like that out, but if I do I never hear the end of it. Why?

LOL wut?

యూజర్ పేరు · 09-20-2010 10:37 AM

The Desert Fox Wrote:Wait, your mom had to convince herself to not put the tracking thing in your phone?

That was a typo.

Raikuron · 09-20-2010 11:01 AM

No shit, Sherlock.

CrayolaColours · 09-20-2010 11:53 AM

No, he was talking about a different post, Sherlock.

Tracking devices should be outlawed. That and keyloggers. They're both terrible and an invasion of privacy.

psychopath · 09-20-2010 11:53 AM

Does the program use GPS or just the cell phone towers? If it's not GPS that would explain why it's so inaccurate.

The Desert Fox · 09-20-2010 01:42 PM

Raikuron Wrote:He can point shit like that out, but if I do I never hear the end of it. Why?

Because you do it every other fucking post, and do it over the smallest possible things. The typo in his post made it not make sense, which is why I asked him what he meant. You insist on getting pissy over people putting an apostrophe one letter out of place.

Name · 09-24-2010 09:44 AM

CrayolaColours Wrote:No, he was talking about a different post, Sherlock.

Tracking devices should be outlawed. That and keyloggers. They're both terrible and an invasion of privacy.

True, but for keyloggers you can just get a scrambler.

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