I'm the Dad from the story and I'm really grateful to Scott for pointing this out to me. It's less about being alarmist and more about having a chance to educate young people about the realities of modern technology. (and re-educate myself from a parent's perspective) I don't read my kid's emails or check cell phone logs and don't plan on starting. I believe giving kids freedom, and the opportunity to wield it, is what turns them into responsible adults. However, it's easy to take things like location services for granted. Conversation had. Lesson learned.
It probably would have been more helpful if this article had been titled after one of its bullet points: "Location Services Policies for Families."
If it seems alarmist, it's because scott spends so much time on the (frankly creepy) exposition and leaves his actual thesis as fairly shallow itemized points.
