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Making a Child Locating System
celtic_hackr writes "Well, I never thought I'd be an advocate for placing GPS devices on people. However, since it took less than three days for my local school district to misplace my daughter, I have decided that something needs to be done. By the school district's own admission it has a recurring problem of placing children on the wrong buses. Fortunately, my daughter was located, with no thanks to the local school district. Therefore, I would like input on a way to be able to keep track of my child. I know there are personal tracking devices out there. I have nothing against these systems. But I want more than this. My specification are: 1) a small unobtrusive device I can place on my daughter, 2) an application to pull up on any computer, a map with a dot indicating the real-time position of my child, 3) a handheld device with the equivalent information, 4) [optional] a secure web application/plug-in I can install on my own domain allowing me to track her from anyplace in the world, 5) a means of turning it all off, 6) a Linux based solution of the above. I believe all the pieces for making such a system are out there. Has anyone built anything like this? Is there an open source solution? How would I go about building my own? Has anyone hacked any of these personal trackers before, to serve their own purposes? How does a tinfoil hat wearer engineer such a device to make sure Big-Brother isn't watching too? Can these devices be locked down so only certain devices can pick up the GPS location of an individual locator? What other recommendations do you have?"
STFU
We know where leadership by an anti-intellectual "strongman" who scapegoats minorities and likes boisterous rallies goes
A very valid point, but my wife used to work at one of those shelters. Most of those women are dumber than dirt, because they keep going back for more and some of them just use those shelters as a vacation to get away from it all when it gets too bad and also to get a bunch of freebies. Not that I mean to blame the women. Those guys, and yes even some women who are abusers,really need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent that the law can provide. But sadly, this is one of the most under-reported crimes in America, and the victims are among the least protected. Just look at that ex-cop, and how he's gotten away with killing two, or at least until now. Little bit late now that the damage is done.
But this is all kind of OT.