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Tracking Your Employees, Children

Posted by michael on from the not-much-difference-at-many-companies dept.

Mattygfunk writes "Hong Kong has launched what's believed to be Asia's first location-based service which enables companies to locate their employees via their mobile phones signals." And in a semi-related story, Son-of-a-Geek writes "The BBC is reporting on a new GPS device for kids from Wherify Wireless. With the new device parents can track junior or he can call for help by pushing a panic button. Available only in the US for one penny less than 400 dollars it is a pager as well."

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  1. Re:I get it... by sheriff_p · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    it's not like it's tacked on

    Uh, well actually it is. Try reading the link, retardo. Even if the kidnapper does realise what it is, and tries to take it off (triggering the alarm at the same time, I might add), that leaves the last known position of the kid, having been abducted. That's very very useful information for law-enforcement agencies trying to track the missing child down.

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