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1. I wonder who profits from the tax-funded purchase of this technology

Sun May 27, 2012, 03:23 PM

May 2012

Gotta be a brother-in-law somewhere.

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Students in Texas to be monitored by microchip [View all] Dragonbreathp9d May 2012 OP

I wonder who profits from the tax-funded purchase of this technology arcane1 May 2012 #1

And when kids find a way to mess with the system what then? tularetom May 2012 #2

Doubtful that would happen. jp11 May 2012 #11

Ah, a chip in their student ID card. MineralMan May 2012 #3

Wait until some genius plays with the data on the RFID chips. hobbit709 May 2012 #5

More likely, the kids will hack the things MineralMan May 2012 #8

none of mine do. hobbit709 May 2012 #9

Well, OK, then. MineralMan May 2012 #10

I am of two minds as well. jp11 May 2012 #12

And parents are now able to track their children MineralMan May 2012 #4

They already have chips planted in all of us, why not make good brewens May 2012 #6

Tell fundies it is "The Mark of The Beast" intaglio May 2012 #7

My kid's former school district had RFID tags. Igel May 2012 #14