A portable GPS device that can be inserted into a backpack and used to monitor a child's whereabouts is being tested in Canada, Wired reports. Word of the device, called the Entourage PS, has sparked discussion over the advantages and disadvantages of parental surveillance, including the possibility of obsessively checking a child's location on a handheld device, sending police after a lost child should there be a bag mix-up at school or using the device to surreptitiously track other people. The question of security was also raised, including the potentially negative implications of a data security failure, allowing other people to also track a child.
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