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Re:I used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS tracker to watch my... by ziml77 on Saturday February 12, 2022 @07:46AM (#30312355)
It certainly doesn't read like a joke.

I think GP is trying to find ways to feel like they're giving their child freedom without actually giving them any at all. But it's hard to think of anything worse for freedom than attaching a camera to to someone. Yes, technically they wouldn't be directly prohibiting the child from anything, but the presence of a camera means the child is forced to assume that everything they do will be judged by the parent even when the parent has no present physical control over the child.

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Re:I used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS tracker to watch my... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday February 12, 2022 @10:01AM (#30313290)
He is only 5, he isn’t going to think like that, it’s not for judging reasons. It’s just to enable some early independence that would otherwise be impossible here (if we were in Japan, totally different story, but the USA doesn’t let 5 year olds go by the selves to the corner store to buy eggs).
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