FamilyMap: Track your family using the same technology the government is using to track them

Ryan Singel:

AT&T is now offering FamilyMap, a $10 a month which lets you see where your spouse or children are in real-time using their phones as beacons (assuming you have a family plan). Unlike when the feds use such technology, AT&T says it will send a text to each tracked phone as the feature goes on, and a reminder every month.

1. [strider_mt2k]

   -because you didn’t raise ‘em right and you’re big enough to admit it.

   -and rich enough to make up for it with tech.

2. [Anonymous]

   New checkbox on form used for restraining orders in 3, 2, 1…

   No, actually, it’ll probably take way too long. AT&T can offer this in the “controlling parents” edition and the “domestic violence, not just at home anymore” edition.

3. [AlmostReadytoFly]

   New to AT&T, but not exactly new.

   http://www.badscience.net/2006/01/ignorance-is-the-opposite-of-bliss/

4. [bardfinn]

   So you only have to have control of the handsets before you hand them out and once a month from then on. Excellent, AT&T!