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MineralMan

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4. And parents are now able to track their children

Reply to Dragonbreathp9d (Original post)

Sun May 27, 2012, 02:48 PM

May 2012

through their cell phones. Technology presents many interesting challenges that we didn't use to have to deal with. How we deal with those changes should be an interesting thing to follow.

I don't carry a cell phone. I would, but I have no use for one. So nobody can track me as I go about my boring activities. I guess that's good. I doubt anyone would be interested, anyhow.

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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

Not everyone, just those of us who got the space alien anal probe treatment. HopeHoops May 2012 #13

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