Sprint Offers Family Locator Cellphone Tracking

Sprint recently launched its Family Locator cellphone tracking program, entering the growing market of GPS-based cellphone surveillance products. Sprint has apparently engaged in value-sensitive design of this service: The child is notified by a text message each time his or her location is provided to the parent or guardian. This level of transparency is absent from most other tracking systems.

[via Pogo Was Right]

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