Re: GPS and this crazy IDEA!
I'm sorry Columbus, America has already been discovered!
Colonization and the big money was made by people coming much later after him!
Since I have read your post I could not stop thinking in a name for the service. Many come out of my mind. These are some of them… Why not to call the service: “Alibi Plus” or “Bar Relief” or “Instant Escape” or “Free Bird” or “Cage Eliminator”
I liked that! My votes to "Free Bird" or “Alibi Plus”
As with most devices doing something "against" this, at a later moment they could (and will) be used "against" that. Knifes, pistols, security video records or phone conversation taping, car location system, everything has the implicit risk to be used in a different way other than its original purpose.
I saw in the news, people being implanted with such a device to avoid being kidnapped. What is the percentage of probability of this happening to you? Tell your income, where you live and where you work.
Look at this. (I am 58 yo):
When my father (born at the beginning of past century) told that there was no radio at that time, I laughed a lot.
When I told my son, that when I was born there was no TV, he laughed a lot.
Fifteen years ago when the french knew about the intention of the government to put everybody's info in a computer, there was the hell of complains and demonstration and public meetings. Just the idea was frightening.
Nowadays (I've just came from a voyage through Europe) I found that in different ways for different reason and through many different systems, everybody's info is available with varying degrees of details.
Here in Argentina car insurance including satellite control service for recovery was used, 10 years ago, for trucks because of the cost of gear and cargo. Now I would say that close to a 25% (?) of cars are insured that way and they charge you less if you include it.
Learnt that always there is a market for something. The famous "niche" of marketing.
Personally I am not going to buy one but with so many people out there, who knows?
Agustín Tomás
BTW I wonder what will make my son's son (not born yet) to laugh when his father tells about... :?: