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family locator question

i just activated family locator on my sons phone . but every time we use the locate function, my sons phone is notified with a message that family locator is attempting to locate him. is there a way to disable the feature where he gets the notification every time we want to locate him ?

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MorganB

The family member being located is always informed while they are being located – the device will light up and display Chaperone or Locating. They will not receive a text message or any other notification after the locate attempt is complete. Unfortunately at this time there is not an option to remove the notification.

LeonardM

@kyb

I would suggest setting up arrival and departure updates, when they arrive and leave certain locations.

How to set them up is explained in the user guide: http://support.vzw.com/pdf/FamilyLocator_UserGuide.pdf

That way you have a method to locate them without notification, this is Verizon Family Locator's most popular feature and provides you a record of all their departures and arrivals for a week on the website http://familylocator.vzw.com.

Additionally, I would make phone use conditional upon their not interfering with the locate requests.

Here is the scenario:

- they are out past curfew and you wish to know where they are and they do not wish you to

- your locate request fails as they see you are attempting to locate and they turn off the phone or interfere with the locate attempt

- you text them and call them stating that for the next 10 minutes please stop messing with the phone as you will be locating them, if they do not they will loose their phone priviledges, give them the seat belt analogy perhaps

Good luck, let me know how you worked it out.

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BlackBear85

Are any options in development? Being a parent, I value stealth. :smileywink:

LeonardM

@BlackBear Stealthy Parent

Privacy concerns are valued greatly by Verizon Wireless customers.

The best that will be hoped for in 2010 will be to locate your child without their having any way to prevent it, and then they get notified they were just located.

Perhaps this is an acceptable compromise?

Rhynoks

Verizon needs to wake up. You need to empower the parents NOT the children! It's for their own safety. It's the same reason they are considered under age until they are 18...

LaurieL22

@ LeonardM

"The best that will be hoped for in 2010 will be to locate your child without their having any way to prevent it, and then they get notified they were just located"

That would be a welcomed change and added security for locating minors. My son recently started declining the location requests, and I thought that the feature wasn't working. I do use the arrival and departure notifications, but I liked the option of locating him at certain times of the day. Also, the Family Locator feature would be a great way to locate a kidnap victim, but the abductor would certainly catch on as soon as the locatee phone lights up and displays "Locating".

upallnitetoo

Until a child is 18, their "right" to privacy from their parents should be non-existent. I've had issues with my teenage daughter not coming home when she is supposed to....it's scary. There is no point in having family locator if minors will be notified.

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