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By Marisa Taylor, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n
For parents who want to keep their kids from sexting \u2014 or just texting at the dinner table \u2014 new cellphone software called Protector keeps them in the loop.<\/p>\n
Protector, which debuts Thursday at CES, is made by Taser International, a company that\u2019s best known for its series of electronic stun guns (watch the video below, from CES 2009, to see The Journal\u2019s Andy Jordan test one out for himself).<\/p>\n
Protector uses GPS so that a child\u2019s calls, texts, emails and photos are first routed to the parent\u2019s phone, where they can be screened and blocked if desired. It also monitors a child\u2019s location and can even track driving habits, Taser said. (In case you\u2019re wondering, it emphasized that Protector is not a stun gun.)<\/p>\n
Parents can dial up restrictions by, say, blocking all calls from outside a local area code, or ease up by allowing all text messages to be received. \u201cIt grows with the child,\u201d a Taser spokesman said, in that the special needs of each age group can be addressed.<\/p>\n
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