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Don understands that some location-based services simply enhance the user experience. Others, such as daily fantasy sports applications that allow sports betting, require that location-based services

The correct answer is C. Allow the children to turn on location-based services on their gaming consoles, but not their smart. Location-based services often just need to know the general area someone is in such as the state they are in now, and not their specific address. However, most mobile devices, like smart phones, are only used by a single individual. This complicates things because when that indiv

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Don understands that some location-based services simply enhance the user experience. Others, such as daily fantasy sports applications that allow sports betting, require that location-based services be activated to function at all. Given Don's concern over his children's safety, which of the following best practices would you recommend to Don?

Options

  • ADo not allow the children to use location-based services at all.
  • BAllow the children to turn on location-based services on their smart phones, but not their gaming
  • CAllow the children to turn on location-based services on their gaming consoles, but not their smart
  • DAllow the children to turn on location-based services on all their devices.

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    5% (2)
  • C
    83% (34)
  • D
    10% (4)

Explanation

Location-based services often just need to know the general area someone is in such as the state they are in now, and not their specific address. However, most mobile devices, like smart phones, are only used by a single individual. This complicates things because when that individual carries their mobile device everywhere with the location-based services turn on the identity of the person can be inferred based on their location, such as Sarah going to her middle school each day. Since she is the only person in the family that attends the school each day, one could infer that she owns the device. Don should not allow location-based services on the smart phone, or only allow location-based services to be activated when the children are home from school, or on the

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#location-based services#children's privacy#parental controls#mobile devices

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