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Watching Kids Via Mobile Phone
Joe the Lesser writes "This BBC article says how parents could soon keep a much closer eye on what children are up to on their way to and from school thanks to a mobile monitoring system. It will send text alerts to their mobile phone if the child deviates too far from that route or takes too long getting there."
Big Mother is watching you...
The expression is "I could NOT care less." Think about it.
To keep them from deviating too close to the refrigerator? Sign me up!
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A.G. John Ashcroft requires all citizens to carry mobile monitoring system. "Stop whining, be patriotic and recognize that this is for your own good. Now bend over."
Which is why we surgically implant the phone into junior's abdomen. Let's see the little nippers get around THAT one...
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...about these things !
I can just imagine, "Honey, stop by the grovery store, and the cleaners, and gas station, oh, and I'll be monitoring your progress so don't get 'lost' on the way..."
[shivvvvvers]
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."--Benjamin Franklin
Eventually, the monitoring system will be combined with GPS data so that parents can track the location of their precious children at all times.
This leads to some interesting possibilities for teenage pranksters. Imagine the look on Mom's and Dad's faces when, just before leaving on his three-day camping trip, little Johnny sends his cellphone to China by FedEx.