My father recently disconnected all service to my phone once because he felt that I had become too dependent on him and my mother for everything, I'm 22 and still in school, it's hard finding a job that I can do with a bum knee and sharing a car with my younger sister.
So I'm sorry that I work in your office and sit at my desk for 10 hours a day with nothing to do because your company is pants on head backwards and no one can organize themselves enough to utilize someone who primarily is looking at digital art grunt work. My father has control issues too.
[QUOTE=AJ10017;45733916]"i cant get a hold of my child so im going to shut off the phone anyway and make it even harder to contact my child". ok[/QUOTE]
What kind of logic is blocking your kid's phone if he/she doesn't talks back? If they don't answer the phone, what good will blocking the phone do?
"You won't answer your phone? Then I'll block it!"
"Oh hey my phone is off. Battery must be out. Whatever."
And who's to say you can't just remove the app? Got parental controls on it to not remove it? Save stuff thats needed, factory wipe and done.
[editline]19th August 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Scratch.;45736129]fixed that for you
You practically don't even need a phone[/QUOTE]
Short answer, yes.
Long answer, fuck yes. How are you gonna be contacted for whatever reason might come up?
[editline]19th August 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=proch;45736055]What's stopping a kid from like, leaving the phone at home?
I mean are phones really that necessary for kids below like, i dunno, 14?[/QUOTE]
Not that they are unecessary.
But they can just grab an older cheaper phone that doesn't accept any apps, put the sim in it and voila, nobody can block them. Alternatively, you can just not answer your phone or even use it, and prove the whole thing flawed as hell. Why block the phone forcing your kid to call you when he might not even be using the phone in the first place?
What's next? Tracking chips on your kids with built in force answer phone call?
[editline]19th August 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=counterpo0;45733853]Nah man all these youngsters today are always 90% on their phones even if they are hanging out in a social gathering. Facebook/texting/instagram. Eyes are glued to the screen.[/QUOTE]
If that is the case, get cheaper phone with all the apps you need. No more BUT MOOOOOM
Got a Asha 205, sucky in comparison to anything else, still has facebook and twitter.
"Oh kids will just delete the app"
If a parent puts this app on their phone, do you seriously think they're stupid enough to notice it's not working?
Jokes on you, bitch, I have a flip phone.
All my apps and shit are on my iPod.
Also, how is such an app news worthy for news sites.
It's an app that basically says 'call your parents, or no phone privileges until you do'. Big deal. If a kid can't follow a rule as simple and straightforward as calling home, then a punishment as mild and temporary as not being able to use the phone until they do so is hardly unreasonable.
[QUOTE=Scratch.;45736129]fixed that for you
You practically don't even need a phone[/QUOTE]
Not everyone is a lonely loser like you [sp]and me[/sp]
[QUOTE=Durrsly;45737536]Verizon, at least in the US, doesn't use SIM cards.[/QUOTE]
Verizon does on LTE and GSM enabled phones.
More like app that forces children to dislike their parents more.
[QUOTE=The golden;45738810]Or how about instead the parent builds a healthy and trustful relationship with their child so they will call willingly?[/QUOTE]
I'm guessing that most of the people in this thread advocating this sort of vague, meaningless sentiment haven't tried teaching children. Appealing to a kid's better nature doesn't always work and the best, most straightforward solution to a kid not being able to follow reasonable rules usually isn't some preachy nonsense that boils down to 'parent better, but I can't tell you how'. Setting simple ground rules with clearly spelled out but mild punishments for failing to follow them isn't abusive or overly controlling.
For a young child or teenager not paying their own bills, having a personal cell phone is a privilege that may come with rules regarding how it's to be used. It's really not hard.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;45738412]"Oh kids will just delete the app"
If a parent puts this app on their phone, do you seriously think they're stupid enough to notice it's not working?[/QUOTE]
They'll sure have fun installing it over and over again, thats for sure.
[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;45739201]They'll sure have fun installing it over and over again, thats for sure.[/QUOTE]
Don't underestimate the determination of a parent to "properly" raise their child, let alone punish them for "wrong-doing".
Reminds me of when my mom calls me during theater rehearsals to ask me when I need a ride home, even though it's always the same time. And I tell her when she is driving me there. And when I'm getting out of the car.
She gets livid when I tell her I can't answer my phone during a rehearsal because it's rude as hell to the director, and refuses to learn to text properly meaning I can't contact her during my off-stage time.
And what if said kid is across the border, with his/her phone on Roaming networks?
Today I went with a friend to a amusement park in Belgium, and on our way home my parents called me, but I declined because they even charge you for answering a call, so I called them when we crossed the borders to the Netherlands, which is most likely even cheaper after all.
Besides, if you use a prepaid SIM like I do, along with 3G you really should disable that across the borders; it will run dry in fucking seconds.
[QUOTE=counterpo0;45733853]Nah man all these youngsters today are always 90% on their phones even if they are hanging out in a social gathering. Facebook/texting/instagram. Eyes are glued to the screen.[/QUOTE]
'all these youngsters today' what are you like 40
Guess I was lucky, that I outsmarted my mom on computers very early.
Bad parents will be bad parents,.
If they pull such measures, that is just a symptom
You all know what causes shit like this to happen,
I am not going into much detail, just saying that.
Helicopter parents
(first time reading/using this term, I think "drone parents" fits better)
always pull stuff like this, this is just on the level of technology.
I think there should be tighter child control (don't know how that is called in the US/UK)
to circumvent fail parenting but thats another story.
My son won't answer his phone and I'm getting worried? Better [b]remotely shut down his device.[/b]
Good one..
Ok I was unable to resist:
[T]http://upl.kittehcat.org/2014-08-20_18-34-46.png[/t]
lol my parents are chill as fuck what even is a curfew
I'm tempted to download it, see how it works, find multiple ways around it, then post it all over the web.
My mom thinks this app is bullshit. Either way I answer the phone pretty much every time someone calls me unless I have a lesson in school.
this isn't for kids.
this is for husbands.
[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;45748440]Ok I was unable to resist:
[T]http://upl.kittehcat.org/2014-08-20_18-34-46.png[/t][/QUOTE]
As I said earlier the app got an update recently that all it does is show a notification saying the child's phone is rooted. I'm not gonna buy the app to see what it says in detail but that's all it says in the what's new section of the app page (assuming the section hasn't changed yet)
[QUOTE=Jays2Kings;45748620]As I said earlier the app got an update recently that all it does is show a notification saying the child's phone is rooted. I'm not gonna buy the app to see what it says in detail but that's all it says in the what's new section of the app page (assuming the section hasn't changed yet)[/QUOTE]
Oh, guess I missed that out.
Still, curious if it is foolproof even if the device is rooted.
[QUOTE=Merijnwitje;45748753]Oh, guess I missed that out.
Still, curious if it is foolproof even if the device is rooted.[/QUOTE]
I highly doubt it. There's very little you can't change on a rooted device.
even if you're not able to delete it from the phone itself, all that is required is a quick delete using adb, or restricting the app from all of its permissions, rendering it useless, yet still on the phone
[editline]21st August 2014[/editline]
when you have local access, there's really no way you can keep it around if the user is intent to restrict it/remove it
[QUOTE=ihatecompvir;45733879]How exactly would the iPhone version of this work? As far as I know, Apple does not allow an application to take over any core functions, such as calling and SMS.[/QUOTE]
That's the only saving grace here: most parents are inclined to believe iPhones are the best ([sp]they're not[/sp]) by their kids.
Even on Android, as soon as the first locking occurs, kids can just disable the app's administrative privileges through system settings and then nuke it from their device through the Play Store.
Hell, I can't even seem to find it on the Canuck Play Store (just a counter to it). Did Google decide to treat it like malware and just do a global wipe or?
One other thing: PSAP people are probably going to be [B]pissed[/B] from kids calling them because their phone got locked. Probably also a part of the reason why I can't find the app on the Play Store.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;45758479]That's the only saving grace here: most parents are inclined to believe iPhones are the best ([sp]they're not[/sp]) by their kids.
[/QUOTE]
woah mate calm down
[editline]21st August 2014[/editline]
shots fired apple is shutting DOWN
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;45758479]
Hell, I can't even seem to find it on the Canuck Play Store (just a counter to it). Did Google decide to treat it like malware and just do a global wipe or?
[/QUOTE]
It's not appearing in the US Play Store, at least on my phone.
I think it did get nuked off the store.
Who doesn't put a damn password on their phone?
That way their parents wouldn't be able to install a damn thing on their phone.
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