Taser Protector Stops Kids From Texting While Driving
January 7th, 2010
When you think of the word “Taser”, you probably think of ne’er-do-well criminals on COPS being taken down to the ground in a heap of high-voltage. But the guys at Taser have a new trick up their sleeves, one that’s designed to let parents keep a watchful eye on their kids’ activities through the use of technology.
Later today, Taser will be revealing PROTECTOR, something they describe as a “revolutionary toolset that gives parents the ability to supervise their children’s mobile phone usage and driving behaviors. The system uses GPS technology and integrates with mobile phones to monitor calls, text messages, content, and to keep track of the location of young ones. The PROTECTOR will also allow parents to limit phone and text usage while driving, which should help cut down on accidents.
The system is going to work with multiple devices and will be accessible through an easy to use web-based interface. Taser says the system will be carrier-independent, and let parents monitor multiple children regardless of the network they’re on.
The whole invasion of privacy thing sounds a little too “Big Brother” to me, but then again, when I was a kid, all my parents had to worry about was me charging too many minutes on their phone bill while I surfed BBSes with my Atari 800.
At this point, there’s not much detail on the exact technology, but all should be revealed a little later today by the Taser guys. In the mean time, check back at the PROTECTOR website for updates.
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Hmmm, could it be, that the system gives electro shocks when the kid does something he shouldnt?
Shocking children — sometimes to death — already happens: http://motherjones.com/politics/2007/08/school-shock
I know it sounds funny to joke around about this, but the results are dead serious.
What I think about are all the innocent people, including children and the elderly, who have been KILLED by tasers over the years. Now, they are introducing a new product to violate children’s privacy rights. They’ve sold about 3,000 “Protectors” so far, but none to parents: they’ve been sold, instead to police departments in Brazil, Philadelphia and Chicago. Wake up!
Really? 3,00 units so far ey? Tall order…
My children have no privacy rights. They have priveliges which they must earn and can be revoked if they break the rules. The shocking is a joke. Don’t get your drawers all tied up over someone trying to say something funny. As far as children having privacy rights, you are dillusional and if you think children have “rights” They are minors under adult supervision and protection. The parents are responsible for MONITORING and CONTROLLING to whom their children communicate. If you have children and don’t, you need to be sterilized and not have children any more.
Uh, ok Ed. Settle down and go back to preparing for armageddon you nutcase.
I am for protecting our kids. Taser is still in the process of trying to build the solution, however they have to work around several patents by other holders. WebSafety/CellSafety has been working on several phones for over a year. The are adding in several the new touch phones, and currently work on most pc’s. Their service covers both cell phones and home computers from (adult content, and possible dangerous messaging) . They have a patented alert system which is triggered by Sexting, Bulling, Contact Information, as well as tracking the phones location, and speed. The system controller (Parent for example) can prevent the phone for texting while the phone is in motion (GPS Tracked). Preventing the teen or person from Driving While Texting (DWT) http://www.StopDWT.net
The service is up, running and can be purchased in 1 to 3 units. Visit http://www.StopDWT.net to learn more. Lets save lives in 2010.
Get Real,
Get Real,
Really you cannot be a parent. Children’s rights are you crazy! Let me tell you a story, and if you by chance have kids and you are one of those parents who talks to your kids and treats them as an adult, got news for you, they are not adults. They don’t have the ability to reason as an adult.
I am a deputy sheriff and a father of two. My little one, 14 yr female, looks and acts like she is 25. She is my little girl and never in a million years would I thought she would do what she was planning and Protector, being big brother… blah blah blah, well fine with me.
My little girl, never did anything wrong, never gave me one bit of trouble growing up was always “dada” this and “dada” that. Could look me in the eye, melt my heart and get her way. Always was where she was suppose to be, trains Taw Kwon Do has a second degree black belt, also trains at my Jiu Jitsu school and can handle herself well.
I always spoke of dirt bags and gang members. Very careful of who she was with and when. In other words, I was one of the most protective parents out there. I would had never thought she would be sex texting with a gang member, planning to run away to TJ to go party, was going to give this guy her virginity and she had never met him. Fell in love texting… told him she was 21. He was a convicted child molester and a sex registrant.
Only reason I found out was because she was acting a little strange and distant from me. I never went into her phone; I gave her her space, because she was always such a good kid. When I asked her what was wrong, she wigged out on me and gave me lip I had never heard before.
Yes I took her phone, yes I read every text. I found out things that broke my heart. Big brother, intrusive, buy a dog, I don’t give a Shi* I’m getting this program and she thought I was strict, well she hasn’t seen anything yet…
Yes her texting boyfriend was violated and rearrested where I will make sure he will never see her again…. At least until she is old enough and out of the house to mess her own life up. While she lives under my roof and I pay the bills, cloth her, feed her and pay for her phone bill, “Protector by Taser” will be on my and her phone.
I would gladly discuss this matter if you have any questions SBJJC@cox.net
Richard,
Such a powerful story. I have dedicated a blog to this dangerous issue of Texting. I would love to use your story. I touch base with you via email.
Thanks,
DJ
TASER spin & marketing army is alive and well I see…
People (I mean, Americans really, they have such an unfortunate mixture of opinionated broadcast networks to choose from) need to stop listening to their news channels and wake up. A ‘TASER’…take that in, the brand name..a ‘TASER’ has NEVER KILLED ANYONE EVER. EVER. A stun gun might have killed them, a Chinese knock-off, but a TASER ECD…not a stun gun, not an electro-shock weapon, not a cattle prod, an ECD..has never killed anyone. Ever.
There are thousands of independent research, dissertations and reviews available online and in all sorts of medical and scientific journals showing this fact. But that, of course, is assuming that anyone stupid enough to prefer a bullet in the back of the brain as opposed to a disabling shock that leaves no trace of injuries as a method of stopping criminals will be able to read something so lucid and complex, they much rather listen to Fox News.
A woman blocked a Taser shot with a baby- yes, people that horrific live among us- what was the Fox news headline? ‘TASER HURTS BABY’- as if the company had stolen a baby out of a pram and beaten it, or something. No-one mentioned the fact that the baby was fine, and not the intended target, or even how disgusting the behaviour of the woman involved was. They wouldn’t shout out ‘GUN HURTS BABY’ would they? Taser has become an easy target because of its association with stun guns and cattle prods etc.
Right, we’ve got that cleared up.
Unfortunately, the Protector is a violation of privacy, and is the most ridiculously stupid invention I think I’ve ever heard. If it limited its capabilities, then perhaps it would suffice as an accelerometer, telling the driver when they’re braking hard etc, but parents seeing what teens are getting up to on their phones smacks of fascist-state technology. Mark my words, this product will be successful in the United States, that’s for sure.
Agreed. Love ‘dem TASERs. Dunno about the Predator, sorry Protector.