I bought this $20 gadget to track my child's backpack this school year and give me peace of mind
THE SO WHAT
A $20 AirTag quietly normalizes continuous tracking in family life—location telemetry is becoming ambient infrastructure. If you build consumer hardware or services, assume users will expect this level of visibility and ask whether you’re ready for the privacy, consent, and data retention questions that follow.
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