If Lifshin was indeed trying to sell a legitimate service, he made a couple of mistakes in how he designed and sold it. If his intention was less than honest, then he still made mistakes, the ones that were uncovered by Symantec.
My daughter's phone has emergency GPS location service, it came with our family phone plan. My wife and I have access PINs, and any law enforcement officer can have it immediately report location as long as the phone is turned on. We explicitly told this to our daughter when we gave her the phone: "Keep this phone with you. If something bad happens to you or you get hurt, it is the only way we can find you." The hugs she gave us brought tears to my eyes. Kids are not stupid, at least mine aren't; you don't have to spy on them when they know you are looking out for them, not just being a control freak.
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