1. Does WanderShield use GPS?

No. WanderShield doesn’t track, map, or store your child’s location. As parents, we didn’t want another device broadcasting our son’s information or building a location history in the cloud.
Instead, WanderShield uses local proximity sensing—just a simple, private connection between the parent and child devices. When the distance becomes too large, you get a gentle cue. No maps. No surveillance. No data trail.

2. How accurate is the proximity sensing?

WanderShield is being built for real family environments—parks, playgrounds, crowded festivals, grocery stores, zoos, and even indoors where GPS often fails. Because we’re using proximity sensing instead of satellites, WanderShield responds to the actual distance between you and your child, not whether you have a clear view of the sky. It’s designed to work where parenting actually happens.

3. What happens if the connection is lost?

If the signal weakens or gets interrupted, both the kid and parent devices gives a gentle vibration to let both of you know your child may be moving out of range. As parents ourselves, we wanted a system that errs on the side of awareness—so you never have that “wait, where did they go?” moment.

4. Does it require a phone, app, or data plan?

You don’t need a smartphone, an app, a login, or a subscription. The devices talk directly to each other—nothing extra to manage, and nothing for your child to tap, swipe, or accidentally change.

5. Is my family’s information stored anywhere?

No. WanderShield is privacy-first by design. It doesn’t collect or save personal data, and it doesn’t send anything to the cloud. Everything happens locally, stays on your devices, and disappears the moment you power them off. As parents, we cared deeply about building something safe not just physically, but digitally too.

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