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Or just turn off location services.

• btown 10y ago
  An abuser would know if the device was failing to report a location, or if the victim were to turn off the system, and could take action accordingly. When user consent can be subverted, otherwise benign opt-in features that are deployed and marketed ubiquitously can have unforeseen consequences. That said there is a utilitarian way to look at this, that for more situations it helps parents to keep their kids safe. The ethical question is far from cut and dry.
  • knz 10y ago
    OP was talking about hiding Christmas shopping so I'm not sure there is a need to spoof locations in this case.
  • sangnoir 10y ago
    > An abuser would know if the device was failing to report a location, or if the victim were to turn off the system, and could take action accordingly. As much as we would like, technology will not solve trust issues in any relationship.
    • austinjp 10y ago
      Well, no, but it doesn't have to facilitate them. Introducing a service that very obviously empowers abusers requires that the abused can be protected.
    • zepto 10y ago
      Perhaps, but if we develop technology to increase people's power over one another it will certainly amplify them.