"Surveillance-minded" (hereafter, "Helicopter") parents were almost certainly already doing that.
It just required a sharp knife and a tube of contact adhesive previously.
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2025
375 points (97.7% liked)
Not The Onion
17481 readers
1414 users here now
Welcome
We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!
The Rules
Posts must be:
- Links to news stories from...
- ...credible sources, with...
- ...their original headlines, that...
- ...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”
Please also avoid duplicates.
Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.
And that’s basically it!
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
I was under the impression this is the main selling point of AirTags. Is there a real market for tracking lost luggage? I see AirTags being sold in every Kid’s store around here.
My dog has one on her collar. She got lost once, after chasing a squirrel, so it was a no brainer. The cool thing is that you can make it go off, by pressing a button, and train the dog to come to you when it chirps. I hope I never need to use it in an emergency, but it's good to know I'm prepared.
That's a great recall cue.
load more comments
(6 replies)
I have one in a very well hidden pocket in my backpack. Because it’s my gig bag, and goes with me when I’m working in the field. If I were just leaving it under my desk all day, I wouldn’t bother. But since it often ends up sitting in the corner of a random room while I run around a building, it has an AirTag buried in it.
Some shoes even already had compartments in them and came with a toy car that fit in there
This reminds me of an episode of Black Mirror that I can't remember the name of.
I'm guessing Arkangel
Yes! You’re the best!
Just give them a phone. Then at least they get something they want with it, instead of ugly shoes.
Young children should absolutely not have a phone, unless I suppose it's completely locked down to chat apps and the tracking I suppose...
More and more governments issue warning about the effects of screens on baby, toddler, and child brain development. The age the Netherlands puts forward now is 14 to have a smartphone, and no screens or very limited until 3 years of age.
How is it different than a TV screen? That was my brainrot when I was growing up.
Individually targeted and psychologically-optimized content.
load more comments
(2 replies)
Those happen to be the things a child should not be exposed to
load more comments
(4 replies)
The peak of evolved kids shoes are those with wheels on the heels ("Heelys")
Bonus points if they had the hard plastic instep so you could grind with them like Soaps.
"Can"? Were they physically unable to before?
It is likely more that they are designed to have AirTags with special compartments.
load more comments
(3 replies)