PSA
theres a new product by verzion called āhumā that allows your parents to track your car and places you go, if your parents are controlling like mine please check under your steering wheel to make sure that they havent installed this
here is what it looks like installed:
you can read more about it here, and here-Ā this excerpt sums up what information Hum will send:Ā
āa carās owner will be able to get notified on their phone when the vehicle leaves a pre-determined area or drives faster than a set speedā¦ [Hum] will enable location tracking and a driving log, which measures travel times, engine idle times, and average speeds.āĀ
People in abusive relationships, please check your cars.
DO NOT TRY TO UNPLUG IT BY YOURSELF!
To add to this nightmare, Iāve just heard of a thing called ForceField where people get to monitor and block internet sites that youāre going on if they donāt approve.
It tells the user what sites/apps youāre going on, for how long youāre on them, and WHERE YOU ARE ON AN UPDATING MAP.
So you know if youāre in an abusive household and use sites like tumblr to escape and talk to friends, you could be cut off from that.
They say āitās not spywareā but it sure sounds controlling and creepy to me.
signalboost
God. Fuck. Thatās scary.
Life 360 is another tracker. My parents have used it on me, not allowing me to delete it from my phone, and sometimes even demanding selfies to prove I was where the map said. (As if Iād go anywhere without my phone)
SpectorPro is another one. Afaik it canāt track location, but it takes screenshots roughly every 20sec to allow the installer to watch a video of your computer activity. It also tracks all keystrokes, so passwords arenāt safe, and records any website you visit + the duration. Itās incredibly creepy and a huge violation of privacy, and was one of the cornerstones of my abuse as a kid.
even if youāre not in an abusive relationship/family, please spread this because you might have just saved someoneās life
my parents made me get life 360, it alerts them whenever i get home and it follows me everywhere, it even gives an estimate for driving time. they arenāt physically abusive but they are emotionally neglectful. im allowed to leave the house, i have even walked a mile away without my mom questioning it. kinda creepy.
Fuck thatās what it is , my parents are abusive so I leave the house to go to friends houses, and thatās how they always find me. They made me get life 360 and make sure I donāt delete it, fuck.
({not cool}) - rose
Fuck all of this shit.
