Tech Life Digital parenting
Nov 4, 2025
Joe Tidy, BBC cyber correspondent, reveals chilling insights into the Russian hacking group Evil Corp, including their stolen funds and international investigations. Eli Savatia, a young Kenyan engineer, shares his journey creating Terp360, an AI-driven app translating speech into sign language in real-time, tackling interpreter shortages for the deaf community. Lauren Antonoff, CEO of Life360, discusses the complexities of family location tracking, balancing safety with privacy concerns, and the importance of user control in a tech-driven world.
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Parents Using Trackers For Peace Of Mind
- Don and Shallon described using Find My iPhone and Life360 to track family members for safety and coordination.
- One mother said her adult children track her as much as she tracks them and would remove the app if unhappy.
Location Sharing Is Mainstreaming
- Life360 serves 88 million monthly users and extends tracking to pets as well as people.
- Mass adoption shows location sharing is becoming mainstream beyond just immediate safety use cases.
Dog Escape Sparked Product Focus
- Lauren Antonoff recounted how her dog escaped from daycare and was found after two days, motivating her interest in pet trackers.
- That personal incident led her to work with Life360 to improve mainstream tracking devices.