New Halloween Smartphone App Allows Parents To Track Kids
A new smartphone app was released Friday just in time for Halloween.
According to ClickOrlando.com, The Halloween app, which really can be used any time of the year, is called SecuraFone and can be downloaded onto iPhone or Android devices that a child will carry with them while out trick-or-treating. With the Halloween app, a parent will be able to know exactly where their child is and receive an alert if the child travels too far from home. If the child runs into trouble, there’s an option to send an emergency SOS text message home with the press of a button.
The emergency alert feature of the Halloween app can be programmed to text and email multiple people at once, increasing the opportunity for response. For example, it could notify the parents at home but also notify the child’s friends who may be trick-or-treating in the same area.
The Examiner reports that isn’t all the Halloween app can do. It offers free tracking and can connect the user immediately with emergency dispatchers if need be. It can also show a history of where the user has been over the past 90 days.
While the program has recently been dubbed the Halloween app, the SecuraFone website shows the app is a useful tool year round. When your kid is too old for trick-or-treating on Halloween, the app still has a use as it can be used to monitor teen driving and to make sure that texts and emails cannot be sent while someone is driving.
Tags : Halloween, Halloween app, halloween app tracks kids, new halloween app lets parents track kids, SecuraFone, smart phone apps
Posted: October 15, 2012
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Oct 15, 2012
Cheating men are getting worried.
Oct 15, 2012
Its incredible how useful apps have become. My favorite halloween app is Singing city monster edition, kids love it.
Oct 15, 2012
This bothers me, parents need to stoop letting technology watch their children. Stop being lazy and take care of your children yourself! If they are old enuff to go by themselves them they are probably too old to go at all, My parents stopped taking us trick-or-treating when I was about ten and I still had younger siblings that wanted to go but when they said we would be going out to dinner and a movie instead we didn't care because we still had fun making our own memories and didn't get sick cuz in michigan halloween usually is the first snowfall. Point is, why would you willingly miss out on your kids childhood, you cant make memories if you are not there.
Oct 15, 2012
No I still would go with the kids I'm not relying on a phone to do my job. I enjoy going trick or treating with my kids it's a bonding moment you get to spend time with them. Plus I live in the county so I have to go somewhere to take them and no I have my oldest take them either that's my job. Smart phones are great for some things but when it's used as a baby sitter then that's going to far. No phone can take the place if a parent. That's just my thought but everyone is different.
Oct 15, 2012
A friend of mine had a good point. What are the implications of teaching children its normal to have GPS track their every move.
Oct 29, 2012
Correct. It is parents who should be tracking every move.