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A North Carolina mother reportedly used a popular but controversial tracking app to catch her son having sex with his high school teacher in his car.
The unidentified parent had Life 360 ​​installed on his son’s device, but became suspicious after he was informed that his son was missing rugby practice.
Instead, the app interestingly showed him idling near a local park.
According to WSOC, the mother drove to the scene in Mecklenburg and found the suspect red-handed with South Mecklenburg High School teacher Gabriella Cartaya-Neufeld, 26.
After taking several photos of the educator’s car and license plate, the shocked mother called police to the scene and Cartaya-Neufeld was taken into custody.
Police said the parents had been hearing rumors about their son’s illicit relationship for some time and were already on high alert even before the rumors caused him to miss practice.
Prosecutors said Cartaya Neufeld, a science teacher, had secret meetings with the boy in her car, inside or at her mother’s home.
At Cartaya Neufeld’s arraignment, the district attorney said rumors of an illegal union had been circulating at the school for months before his arrest, and that administrators had questioned both the boy and the teacher.
The educator was charged with five counts of felony sexual conduct with a student by a teacher.
She was initially taken to the Mecklenburg County Jail late last month, but was later released on bail.
Life360, whose board includes Mark Zuckerberg’s sister Randi, has become popular with helicopter parents who want to keep an eye on their children.
The technology can send a ping to a parent if the device owner is in a speeding car or leaves a pre-designated area.
Life 360 ​​has about 50 million monthly active users and was expected to generate $300 million in revenue this year.
But critics have questioned the app’s overarching and sometimes oppressive presence and data collection practices.
Human trafficking activists have suggested that victims are being tracked using the app, but company representatives say these cases are an outlier.
Teens and young adults whose parents use the app have also voiced their condemnation, with entire threads on reddit devoted to ways to trick or disable the app.
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