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My first thought: "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" for the 21st century. I see some of the use cases on the site are things like medical and personal sa
by tbgvi 17y ago
My first thought: "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" for the 21st century.
I see some of the use cases on the site are things like medical and personal safety, but don't see anything about keeping tabs on kids. There's other solutions out there I think, but that seems like a good use for this. Ex. Kid walks to school, gets there and checks in. Then the kid walks home, and checks in when they're in the door. A parent's peace of mind is probably worth $5/mo if that's something they worry about.
- aw3c2 17y agoI wonder how they make sure the location submitted is the actual location. Otherwise one could simply sniff the traffic and send any location you would like to be.
- pxlpshr 17y agoOne thing I like about this service is that I would use it because we're not a GPS tracking service. It's a single-player game unless there's an emergency. I did my fair share of wild stuff in college like trips to Mexico border towns. I'm fortunate to be here now but things could have turned a lot differently. This services protects my privacy, nobody has to know what I'm doing unless something bad happens.
- vaksel 17y agoexcept the kids tend to be lazy...so instead of a peace of mind, the parent goes nuts that the kid didn't check in. my mom is facing this problem with my sister(she is 25). She is overseas, so they have a deal that she checks in at least once every two weeks. i.e. a basic email "mom I'm ok"...well she's been there for like 2 years, and I don't believe there's been a single month when she checked in on time.