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Trillo

(9,154 posts) Mon Jan 21, 2013, 04:02 AM Jan 2013

Outlaw RFID tagging of compulsory school students [View all]

http://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/outlaw-rfid-tagging-students-compulsory-schools/cGWKsGlR

Grant Andrea Hernandez a high school diploma.
http://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/grant-andrea-hernandez-high-school-diploma/W7SnxN1Q

Inspired by (and more about the issue)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=361174

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Outlaw RFID tagging of compulsory school students [View all] Trillo Jan 2013 OP

Why ? I have to wear on at work, most large employers now require it. reverend_tim Jan 2013 #1

You can leave your job Tien1985 Jan 2013 #2

They are not required 24/7 jberryhill Jan 2013 #3

You don't need tracking technology Tien1985 Jan 2013 #5

"what's to stop the school from tracking students once they leave the grounds?" Thor_MN Jan 2013 #8

From what they are saying Tien1985 Jan 2013 #9

Answer the question jberryhill Jan 2013 #17

Rude much? Tien1985 Jan 2013 #20

Uh, yeah... jberryhill Jan 2013 #21

Or the place right next to it might... Tien1985 Jan 2013 #30

Okay, so moving on to another aspect.... jberryhill Jan 2013 #31

To some extent Tien1985 Jan 2013 #34

What's to stop them when the students leave the grounds? jberryhill Jan 2013 #11

Wouldn't the tracking software alert that one student carries two badges? immoderate Jan 2013 #42

Not if they are Tien1985 Jan 2013 #44

Well, every employer I have had for years now requires them too reverend_tim Jan 2013 #4

You have the choice Tien1985 Jan 2013 #6

So why... jberryhill Jan 2013 #13

So where is the student going to run into a reader off the school grounds, that is connected to the reverend_tim Jan 2013 #35

I grant my son Tien1985 Jan 2013 #41

Excuse me, that's an argument against RFID. JackRiddler Jan 2013 #50

Is this just student IDs with RFID tags in them? OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #7

Yes jberryhill Jan 2013 #12

You must be young, I grew up without such disgusting devices, you got flamingdem Jan 2013 #16

sarcasm? OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #22

I'll admit the concept of this is new to me but I wouldn't have stood for it flamingdem Jan 2013 #27

MANY retail and other places use them obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #29

I don't really come into contact with those devices much at all flamingdem Jan 2013 #32

If you shop, you have come into contact with them obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #49

I think accouning for students in school can be a good tool in accounting for their safety. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #33

I still think safety schmaftety - the percent change of unsafe isn't worth the loss of freedom flamingdem Jan 2013 #38

It's not an age thing per say Tien1985 Jan 2013 #43

Thanks! I'm glad it's not a generational thing flamingdem Jan 2013 #46

I am 30 years old Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #40

Yes -- we have them at work, too obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #26

bouncing for the noon to morning crowd. NT Trillo Jan 2013 #10

What religious theology is opposed to identification items? This is ridiculous. RB TexLa Jan 2013 #14

something about the mark of the beast - they are coo-coo sammytko Jan 2013 #24

I really do not understand how anyone has an opposition to this on any grounds RB TexLa Jan 2013 #47

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. JackRiddler Jan 2013 #51

Excatly how does a form of identification violate this: RB TexLa Jan 2013 #57

RFID chips are not a form of identification and you know this. JackRiddler Jan 2013 #58

Agree, I NEVER would have put up with this when I was in school, disgusting flamingdem Jan 2013 #15

You didn't have a school ID at all? jeff47 Jan 2013 #52

No, not in high school flamingdem Jan 2013 #55

And I got lots of student discounts by having one. jeff47 Jan 2013 #56

We didn't & we would have found it shocking. JackRiddler Jan 2013 #61

The petition got it right in the big issue, I think, but not the small one petronius Jan 2013 #18

What a waste of the White House petition feature RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #19

You mean, gasp, the executive branch of the federal government doesn't set school policy? jberryhill Jan 2013 #23

We have many much larger problems in education. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #25

I don't disagree with RFID in school and work IDs, so no obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #28

No chip is being implanted. This is just more RW nuttery. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #36

You sure couldnt tell iamthebandfanman Jan 2013 #45

Opposing Big Brother is RW nuttery? davidn3600 Jan 2013 #53

not a bid deal...not a big deal...not a big deal... HiPointDem Jan 2013 #37

I am thouroughly disgusted that Harmony Blue Jan 2013 #39

Because I benefit from it jeff47 Jan 2013 #54

bouncing for the late-evening to evening folks. NT Trillo Jan 2013 #48

A few notes on the technology IDemo Jan 2013 #59

Just block the signal Revanchist Jan 2013 #60

Why are expulsions and suspensions dangerous to students, schools, and communities Trillo Jan 2013 #62

"Schools are already prisons" Trillo Jan 2013 #63