Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children
by bemtevi on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:40AM
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That is true.
Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children
by graemep on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:03PM
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> Kid gets off the school bus at the wrong stop: found in minutes.
if they have a phone they can call for help. before mobile phones they used payphones.
> Kid is riding bike, falls and knocked out:
Unless its somewhere very lonely, someone sees the kid, calls emergency services, who contact the parent. I do not know how this works in the US where you pay for ambulances though.
Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children
by SoftTalker on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:42PM
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It's the same. Ambulance gets billed to insurance, if they don't have insurance then it's written off (actually just everyone else pays more).
Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children
by alex43578 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:25AM
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You think a phone is less of a tracking device than an Airtag? It's more tracking, more potential issues with social media and via helicopter parenting, etc. But sure, give them an airtag or a phone, either is an acceptable mitigation to the risk.
It probably works out fine, but relies on someone noticing. A tracker or phone wouldn't require that helpful stranger as a pre-req.
There’s a ton of rare, negative scenarios where risk reduction is so cheap and easy that you’re silly not to do it. Car accident deaths are about 1 in 100 million miles driven, you certainly can’t control other drivers, but not putting on a seatbelt is stupid.