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[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Wait. Parents now put airtags in kids their weed compartment?

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I swear these are apple guerrilla marketing articles. Air tags in the shoe is so stupidly expensive for the task.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago (8 children)

If you need to spy on your kids to keep tabs on them, you're a shitty parent. You should be able to discuss enabling Find My (assuming they have an iPhone) on their phone and why that's required (by you) openly.

Too many inept people have children. That's a large part of why society is in such decline.

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I am sure most people are considering doing this have elementary aged children. A $20 tag feels like a better option than a $1000 phone. I'd prefer putting it on a backpack than in a shoe though.

All parents spy on their children. That doesn't make you a shitty parent. What you do with that info and how you handle it does.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Is there an open sources solution for GPS tracking devices that size? Because I feel like we need something to counteract people willing to trust Apple to track people and things everywhere.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Ehgh these days that's not terrible

[–] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

This is obviously for little kids, not teenagers sneaking out.

As a parent with small children, a subtle fear of them getting lost or kidnapped is always at the back of the mind.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hey Billy want to come to cool sex drug party? Aw I cant my mom will know. Oh Billy don't ya know ? You gotta rip that out and attach it underneath your school bus seat.

Joking but in all honesty kids are smart and creative. As such most will find ways around this. They'll even come up with a slang word for these like "narc shoes" or something

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