Last week, Vodafone began offering a service called Bemilo, which allows parents to gain unprecedented control over how their children use mobile phones. Bemilo service monthly fee is 2.95 pounds (about 5 US dollars), using a special SIM card suitable for any mobile phone and tablet. Surprisingly, and a bit scary, parents can log in to a web interface, which is basically equivalent to a remote console of the child ’s mobile phone or tablet, where parents can read all text messages, including deleted ones, and even control Who is the child contacting? Parents can also monitor and restrict the browsing of some websites (such as pornographic websites), and the BBC and The Telegraph have full reports on this.
Simon Goff, the boss of Bemilo, told the BBC: "This SIM card is similar to the SIM card you bought from another network operator, but it gives the child's parents full control in a safe environment. Parents can allow or deny calls to their children, and they can set the time of day to allow mobile phones to run. "
Bemilo's supporters said that this SIM-based service will actually liberate children from being harassed by sex-related information and pictures under pressure and threats. The report of England's NaTIonal Society for the PrevenTIon of Cruelty to Children pointed out that when such information and pictures appear, it often happens under the pressure of a young boy. Now young girls can more easily protect themselves from these nasty sexual harassments: "Dude, you know I used Bemilo ..."
This service can also suppress the troubles of late-night text messages that cause children to sleep insomnia. Gove said: "If you let your child go to bed, I'm talking about a child as young as 16 years old. Parents often think they are really sleeping, but then you will find that they send a text message late at night, or at night Go online. "
The trend of "runaway phones" has become popular in the United States, said Suzanne Kantra of "USA Today". If you are looking for "a set of the most comprehensive means of parental monitoring" --- location tracking, alarm when a child's mobile phone receives a strange new call, and alarm when a child uses a mobile phone to download a new application, then Sprint Guardian of Sprint is the most suitable. The service will be released this summer at a monthly fee of $ 9.99 (but can be used for 5 lines at the same time). In fact, the four major US operators (Sprint, Verizon, AT & T, and T-Mobile) all provide location tracking services, which are generally implemented through GPS, but sometimes also through the triangular positioning method of mobile signal towers. Some operators provide other services, including locking text messages while driving, such as Sprint's "Drive First" (Drive First) and T-Mobile's Smart Drive (Drive Smart), as well as texting late at night Alarm service for such "dangerous behavior".
Even if such technologies become more and more complex, the trend of operators assisting in child care is not new. The CNET website has introduced a service of AT & T in this article five years ago, which allows parents to control SMS, chat, download and so on. There are many third-party software that monitors mobile phones, and "Phone Sheriff" is one of them. It can actually be used not only by children but also by employees. The software's website says: "What are your children or your employees using mobile phones?" (For companies that view employees and children as interchangeable concepts, I would not want to work there.)
I do n’t have children, and I ’m in an era of smart phones. Smart phones can put kids in various troubles. Even so, I still doubt whether services and software like this can really improve the lives of children. The claim that services like Bemilo can “liberate†children from intimidation is a bit like an excuse for parents. They just ca n’t let it go and refuse to admit the fact that some aspects of their children ’s lives are parents. Can never be controlled. If you really want to control something, just go for your dog.
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