Features of connecting the “Parental Control” function

How to track your child's location using an Android smartphone?

Android users also have the opportunity to monitor the child’s location; Google Maps will help with this. Of course, all participating smartphones must be linked to Google accounts.

Here's what you need to do to get your child's phone to transmit its location:

1. Go to Google Maps from your child’s phone;

2. Click on your child's profile picture. There may be either a photograph or the first letter of the name;

3. Select the “Geodata transfer” section;

4. Select "Share location";

5. Now you need to select the “Until I turn it off” option, enter the parent account and the time during which the monitoring will be carried out. For permanent monitoring, select "Until I turn it off."

Confirming that you have received access, you will receive an email notification that you have been granted access to your child’s location in Google Maps.

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Checking your child's expenses

The function allows you to control children's mobile communications. When this service is activated, the user can always be aware of all purchases made using a controlled number. The operation scheme of the option is as follows:

1. Parents activate the function on their children's mobile devices.
2. When sending a request to purchase a paid subscription, the parent immediately receives a notification. It contains information about the subscription you are purchasing and the cost of purchasing it.
3. Next, the subscriber sends a response message confirming or rejecting the purchase.
4. After confirmation, access to the selected service will be granted.

Additional Information:

• There is no fee for purchasing the option;
• the amount of debit for use is 1 ruble/day (if the subscription was issued before October 29, 2015, then the money is not debited);
• The maximum number of numbers that can be monitored is 20.

The offer can be activated in several ways. Each of them is described in detail in the table:

People who activate the option can immediately take advantage of all its capabilities.

How to find out the location of a child for free using a smartphone?

Another way to track a child using a phone is based on obtaining the device’s coordinates using the built-in GPS module. This tool itself is free, but it gives the exact location of the gadget. Satellites help determine the coordinates of an object; the time it takes to receive a synchronized signal from several objects in space to a consumer device is measured. This method has its obvious advantages. First of all, you don’t have to pay for it, and the accuracy of determining coordinates is much higher – only up to 1-5 meters.

And to obtain information about the whereabouts of the child, you will need a smartphone equipped with a GPS module. If the child does not have such a device, then a GPS tracker or tag can replace it. These are simple devices that can be implemented in the form of a wrist bracelet, keychain or pendant. The required GPS module will be placed inside them; optionally there may also be a GSM module with a slot for a SIM card. This module will also track location, but using cell towers.

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Smart watch with GPS tracker

A separate topic is smart children's watches with a GPS tracker. A very good option with many useful functions for remote monitoring. There is a panic button. By pressing it, the child instantly notifies parents of the danger. They know where he is now and hear what is happening there: the microphone on the tracker automatically turns on.

Price - from 1000 to 5000 rubles.

What do operators offer?

If you don't have a smartphone, you can use special services from mobile operators. Yes, these options are paid, location data can be approximate (depending on network coverage). And yet there is plenty to choose from.

Subscription fee and cost of requests

Connection is free. New clients are given a trial period of 7 days (free). After the test period, the prices presented in the table begin to apply.

The test period is provided once. If the option is disabled at the end of the period, upon secondary activation of the function, payment will be made at the general rate.

How to disable Beeline Coordinates

To shutdown, use the "Off" command sent to 4770.

You can refuse the option in your personal account:

1. Go to the “Connected services” section.
2. "Services" tab.
3. We press the buttons, thereby moving them to the inactive position.

You will immediately receive a notification on your phone that the service has been disconnected.

“Coordinates” from Beeline allow you to find out the location of a loved one without unnecessary calls. This is especially convenient for monitoring the movement of children and their additional safety. Search is available only for Beeline subscribers.

Locator

Beeline users can track the location of other subscribers using Latitude. The service can be activated by calling 0783. To determine geolocation, you must obtain the subscriber's consent. The user will receive an SMS with information about the exact location of the selected number.

Using the service, you can track the location of children or other people through a smartphone application.

Activation and further use is carried out as follows:

1. Follow the link locator.beeline.ru.
2. Click "Connect".

3. Please provide your phone number.
4. Enter the verification code from the received message.
5. After logging into the system, add the numbers you want to track. To connect, you will need to enter the confirmation code from the SMS that will be sent to the specified phone number.

Once enabled, the user will be able to track the location of other people. To do this, the website has a map on which traced contacts are marked.

If you want your children to always be supervised, then purchase a subscription to “Locator” or connect from Beeline to track connected subscriptions and access to the Internet.

Sometimes it is very important to be aware of where your family and friends are, especially when they do not answer the call for a long time. Beeline offers, thanks to which working parents will worry less about their children, controlling their movements and elderly family members in need of care will be constantly supervised. Of course, you can come up with more options for using the service, for example, bosses will be able to track the location of their subordinates during the working day, or a jealous husband (wife) can monitor his significant other.

Tracking the location of a child (elderly adult) using mobile operators

There are several ways to find out a person's location using his phone. The most obvious one is to use the location relative to network base stations, as well as Wi-Fi access points. This approach is called LBS, from Location-based service.

The electronic map of the LBS system of the cellular network operator contains landmarks, linking to which allows you to determine the location of the cell phone. But this method is not accurate enough, as mobile operators directly state. Object location using LBS can only provide an accuracy of 120 meters to 1 kilometer. In dense urban environments, such information may be of little use.

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Functional

On Beeline, the functionality of the service has been increased thanks to additional features. The connection is made on the child's phone. After activation, the user is provided with a wide range of services. All possibilities are displayed in the user’s virtual account and can always be adjusted.

How to see where your child is

To find the baby's location, you need to activate an additional product called “Coordinates”. Installation is carried out through the Beeline website. The information is detailed: city, street, house number. There is a tracking function: the map shows how and where a person is going.

If the child turns off the phone or the mobile network signal is not supported, the user will be immediately notified about this.

Internet control on a child's phone

A parent can put any resource under control and partially restrict access not only to the site, but even to Internet traffic. For example, to individual sections of the portal. Using web control, the device blocks advertising, which may be negative. Main features:

1. Traffic tracking.
2. View visited pages.
3. Familiarization with statistics of the most visited portals.

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Along the way, the subscriber has the right to immediately set access parameters.

Reports

This tab contains all reporting by period. The user can view a specific day or statistical data for the entire period of using the phone through the archive. The reports show that an attempt was made to look at a prohibited site and what other requests were processed. With the standard layout, reporting is generated once a week.

Warnings

This tab defines those positions for which activity will notify the parent. The warning comes in the form of an SMS message. It indicates the time and a link to a resource, application or toy. School time is set when the small user is prohibited from going online. If he breaks the rules, SMS are sent immediately.

Other features

Additional functionality:

• blocking requests;
• while searching for prohibited content, the network will disappear;
• control can always be weakened or strengthened;
• it is permissible to increase “playing time” or cut it.

During setup, the subscriber is offered two options for receiving notifications: by phone or by email.

Conditions for providing the option

The user can control up to 20 numbers. When one of the children wants to visit a prohibited portal or purchase a toy, the subscriber will receive a notification on the phone. You can approve or deny the action. It is proposed to immediately add the main unwanted services to the database by placing a block on them. Parental Control works throughout Russia. Outside the country, the service is temporarily suspended. The main thing is to pay for the service on time.

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