The New York Times reports on the use of GPS tracking devices by families. The small, beeper-like gadgets can be placed in a car to follow a teenager or spouse, in a child’s backpack to ensure the child gets to and from school safely or embedded in medical-alert technology to provide emergency help to the elderly. The user can track a subject’s location via the web or smartphone app—and some companies offer multiple tracking services. This “kind of air-traffic control panel of familial concern” raises issues of privacy and personal space, the report states. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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