This morning I was reading an article online about Google’s newest venture. It involves GPS and maps and you can use it to track people. At first it did sound kind of Big Brother and all until I read that you have to actually allow it & all that.
Yeah, I’m sure it’ll take the hacks all of a day to break through it but I figured hey, if someone is really that bored that they want to see what I’m doing, well they’ll just drop down dead of boredom.
I could have used a device like that a few minutes ago. My darling daughter used Mapquest, which had her getting off at the wrong exit so she was lost someplace in the Bronx. Trust me – you do not want your 20 year old daughter lost in the Bronx.
I had to play OnStar and guide her over to her friend’s house in Yonkers. Of course first I had to find her location on my map, which would have been way faster if, say, she had a GPS device in her phone which then beamed me her location. On the other hand, if she had a GPS, she probably wouldn’t have needed me, eh?
Now I’m thinking of all the ways one could use Google Latitude. You can spy on your kids, knowing their every move. Or your husband. (Right now my husband happens to be out in -34 degree weather on Wall Street waiting to get a cab home because if he traveled his usual subway/bus route, he wouldn’t be here until 11:30.)
Yeah, the ultimate stalker can really get high-tech now.