AT&T FamilyMap lets users track their kids and loved ones

This could be great for parents...not so much for teenagers:

AT&T (NYSE: T) has a new service in its portfolio. The so called FamilyMap is designed to allow AT&T subscribers to track their kids and loved ones from a mobile phone or PC. The service relies either on cell tower triangulation or built-in GPS to locate a phone, and BGR reports that it can even active the GPS chip, which is kinda awkward. But that’s not the only strange thing with FamilyMap. Besides the first notification SMS that alerts user that he/she is being tracked, everything else is done in a silent manner, raising tons of privacy concerns…

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Posted at April 17 2009 01:15:00 PM in Culture

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