In this day and age, there is no question that applications aimed at surveillance and tracking are crucial to being able to maintain a minimum of peace of mind. Considering the countless unpleasant news stories that are shared on a daily basis, the need to feel in control of your possessions, or to be able to know the status of your loved ones, becomes paramount.
However, anything that is recorded and uploaded within a cloud is real data, consequently, the possibility of it falling into the wrong hands is, unfortunately, extremely real. The recordings of your home entry, the location of your car, and the roads traveled by your children, as in today's case, could prove to be the perfect weapons for any malicious attacker.
T-mobile is an application that, through a small GPS, allows parents to view the location of their children. In early April 2025, several users reported that they could not see the status of their loved ones but, strangely enough, could only view the locations of other users, completely at random.