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suffragette

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11. False security

Reply to treestar (Reply #4)

Fri May 25, 2012, 10:42 AM

May 2012

Ex:
I'm going to skip 4th period. Here, take my card and scan it for me.

If that option doesn't work, they'll find others. But it will be easier for admins to become overconfident and over-reliant on believing whatever they see on the screen as the official count.

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Students will be tracked via chips in IDs [View all] cali May 2012 OP

They should add turnstiles with automated face recognition at the entrances FarCenter May 2012 #1

Would this be viable.. ananda May 2012 #5

Visitors with a good reason for entry would be admitted by a guard at the visitor's entrance FarCenter May 2012 #10

For the low, low cost of hundreds of millions of dollars Posteritatis May 2012 #18

The schools here manage the same thing by putting the office next to the entrance LeftyMom May 2012 #26

Get 'em used to authoritarianism while they're young MadHound May 2012 #2

I hope so. this is scary to me. cali May 2012 #3

Mixed feelings here treestar May 2012 #4

Government can already track you via your cellphone MadHound May 2012 #6

Also EZ pass tolls, at least here in the Northeast treestar May 2012 #7

False security suffragette May 2012 #11

Very true treestar May 2012 #12

That they will. Suggested a different approach below in response to another poster suffragette May 2012 #16

That's why multifactor identification, like an additional face recognition system, is needed FarCenter May 2012 #14

Or maybe not ratcheting up the rush to "Minority Reports" style invasive measures suffragette May 2012 #15

What makes you think this would possibly prevent abductions? (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #19

Extreme form of Amber Alert treestar May 2012 #20

Yeah, that wouldn't work with chipped cards. Posteritatis May 2012 #27

Big Brother must keep track of all his charges. hifiguy May 2012 #8

couldnt a couple of seconds in the microwave kill the rfid leftyohiolib May 2012 #9

Then there goes lunch. RC May 2012 #13

That is disturbing. Odin2005 May 2012 #17

OMG, teh Antichrist is cumming!!!1!!one!!1!one!!!1!! AverageJoe90 May 2012 #21

driver's licenses will be next ThomThom May 2012 #22

"where's your i.d. card?" dana_b May 2012 #23

Yeap... This is mostly a waste of money. octothorpe May 2012 #25

This is only a step beyond what I've experienced for ten years IDemo May 2012 #24

20 seconds in the microwave... SomethingFishy May 2012 #28