Place Privacy Hmm

 There is a new program for devices that is much like the prison ankle strap that keeps track of offenders outside the "joint".  This one  gives parents and other guardians complete access via cyber to track anywhere their subject  happens to go with a cell phone. If you participate as a child or adult and carry your C phone, your whereabouts can be observed. Theoretically, everywhere you go, however humble, you are blipped. Now, a lot of parents will see this as a boon so so that they can track constantly  where their little he/she is. Handy? I am reserving my opinion on it because that kind of surveilance concerns me. Do I want not as a baby or tot, but as a child, teen, adult or elder to be constantly observed in this way? Does it offend my trust or even personal privacy? These are questions that need to be thoroughly pondered in a time when there is very little space for one to find complete security when the need for privacy is felt. As a child, I revelled in being able, with my friends to find "forts" in the woods near my house or "clubs"in someone's garage or other place where we kids could feel it was somewhere that we, alone, found to be just  kids and do our perfectly innocent activities without the pressure of adults about. It developed, I think, in us, a certain amount of confidence that our parents trusted us and that we trusted that they did. It made us mature as children should, to see themselves as being responsible not only to their parents and their guidelines but also to their ability to take care of themselves to become future independent adults. Of course, in this day, there are many hazards for children, but we don't want them to regard every stranger or place as danger. We teach kids how to protect themselves and eventually they are going to have to walk to their school, not ride, be with their friends and make choices without parental supervision. Kids or anyone, must  feel free at any place to make choices and decisons.  It appears that worried parents and caregivers sometimes go too far overboard. Or do they? We have cameras that follow us, device tracking and now blippable location programs. What next?