SOMEONE IS WATCHING YOU.

Well I have no small kids and I sure wouldn't want to track anyone that I know of.

Same with instagram , don't put your location up. Or checking into places it'll let stalkers know where you're at

I had not heard about this .Anyway,I do not believe in spying on the kids.

The GPS can be deactivated, I'm not sure about iPhones, but I always kept my GPS disabled on my previous Samsung. It takes some knowledge to know apps can detect your positions, most of them ask if they can track your position, some apps won't allow you to use them if you don't allow them to do so. Snapchat is the app with the cool selfie filters, I uninstalled it a while ago, but I should probably get it back. These scandals make the apps more famous as everyone talks about them.

No kids around here but I think that is an app that kids should not have and parents should not track their kids everywhere. However I would say if parents can track kids then it might not be a bad idea for grade school kids because they can get into all kinds of trouble. Also it might make parents feel safer to see them come and go to school. Bad for teenagers and older kids I mean who would want their parents to know what they are doing on a date so to say.

Both of my kids, and myself, along with the grandparents, use Snapchat. We've all opted out of the new map tracking feature. Luckily, Snapchat is giving users the option to opt out. Besides, I can already stalk my kids through the Find Friends app on my iPhone! lol

Really there's such an app. So, how can one avoid being watched through that app?

I think that it is a mixed blessing like so much in this life. I like the idea of knowing where my son is especially since I do not live with him and even if I did but the idea of someone keeping track of me is extremely creepy. I want my son to be safe and since he is special needs he cannot venture too far from home but I have no desire to be stalked. If that got into the wrong hands the results could be disastrous and too scary to contemplate. It is useful for parents to watch their kids but otherwise it is too invasive.

I think parents can use this app to track their kids. But using it for the purpose of stalking, might be causing problem, then people should stop using it properly. Sigh. Technology has advanced so fast.

If you live in a dangerous area and the child is young, this could provide peace of mind, but otherwise no @Kandae11 I wouldn't want this App on my phone. And I would not appreciate someone using it on me.

I do have whattsap which is handy to speak to my daughter when she is flying around Europe but otherwise i do not use it for anything else. I do not think I would use snapchat.

Thankfully I don't have to make those decisions as my kids are all grown up. I know nothing about snapchat anyway,

i agree, social networking sites/apps are like "keys"

I don't use snapchat. I don't have kids yet but I do have nieces and nephews. I think kids that have phones should be supervised and everything should not be available to them. I don't think tracking kids is such a bad idea given how the world is now these days. You really need to know the whereabouts of your children.

Where is trust if parents have to depend on this contraption

I use a different app, find friends and as long as it is turned on I can see where my kids are. It was there suggestion I put it on my phone, they can see me too. We all lived so far from one another it was a good thing. We have used it for six or seven years now without any issues. We all know our whereabouts are public but none of us go anywhere out of the ordinary. I put it on when my sister took a trip with a man she had only known for 4 months. They did not have firm plans, they were camping in remote areas and I insisted. I kept my eye on her for that 5 week trip and all was well. But if it hadn't been, I had a reasonable idea of where to start looking. That being said, kids will not use it for good and I don't like the snapchat app. It comes as part of the package and often kids don't know it's on. I think it's dangerous and I would not like it at all. But you can turn it off if you are aware of it. As far as I know none of my grandchildren use it. But I'm not sure if it protects them by not having it. I only recently heard about this.

Absolutely not. That's horrible for everyone to know where you are at all times. That's stalking and should be against the law.

Once you start to use technology, you are already in the system to be controlled by someone somewhere (hackers and publicity online, GPS in the mobile....). Many users don't realise that there outside may be someone checking which sites we use, when we connect online, if we buy online, which items we buy or what we are searching.... Actually, we are already in the hands of someone else who studies our likes and way of life through our actions. So, I think we don't need this kind of apps. It's going already too deep into the problem of having the total control over someone else as it can turn into a mental disease.

I don't have a SnapChat nor any of those trolling apps. Can't be bothered stresssing myself about who and where everyone is. I have a large family to concern myself about. I text my teens about where they are all the time: "Tell me where you are so if something happens and if a police asks me about you, I have an answer." They're good boys. :-)

Hello @Kandae11, when it comes to technology, I keep telling myself: "why is that for?" Sometimes I do understand why things are created, other times I keep wondering to where some devices and softwares will lead us all. I really haven't heard yet about this "stalking" app, but I will browse and read about it, because I have three little nieces and we all need to be careful about these new things. Not to be watching over them, but to see whom they will be watching over with it. Thank you for the topic. It is informative and we must care about everyone!