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Reading, Writing, RFID

Posted by michael on from the lockdown dept.

supabeast! writes "Wired has a story about a public charter school in Buffalo that now tracks student attendence with mandatory RFID tags. The school's director said 'All this relates to safety and keeping track of kids...Eventually it will become a monitoring tool for us..' In the future the system will expand to '...track library loans, disciplinary records, cafeteria purchases and visits to the nurse's office...punctuality...and to verify the time [students] get on and off school buses.' I think that we can all stop calling the privacy advocates paranoid now."

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  1. Oh no... by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 5, Funny

    My High School had a no hat policy, so I guess tinfoil wouldn't even be an option!

    1. Re:Oh no... by WTFmonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      You can hide, what, a Noisy Cricket in a ballcap?

  2. Workaround: by Luyseyal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Workaround: "Hey Sandy, if you carry my tag to English today, I'll carry yours on Thursday."

    Thus: false sense of security. :)

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  3. Maybe you can... by BMonger · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that we can all stop calling the privacy advocates paranoid now.

    I'm going to continue doing so until they can find an effective way to keep tabs on me...

  4. just leave the rfid tag in your desk. by abstrakts · · Score: 1, Funny

    where's my perfect attendence award?

  5. Not the eyes by SpiffyMarc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Minority Report was wrong... they don't track you by scanning your eyes!

    I can't wait to walk into the GAP, so they can read my RFID tag and announce to everybody around that I recently purchased an unusually large amount of womens' underwear.

  6. Needs some improvements by Hayzeus · · Score: 5, Funny
    The real problem with this technology is that it's only one-way. Once these devices can be implanted directly into the skulls of students, We will se a number of benefits.

    For example, we could remotely help them with their homework, automatically remove them from dangerous situations, make them do funny dances and speak with foreign accents, as well as invade neighboring countries, all with the push of a button.

    Here's to the future.

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  7. Re:full story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Here:









    It's whitespace. You can borrow some.

  8. Pink says: by bcolflesh · · Score: 1, Funny

    No radio frequencies in the classroom - Teacher, leave those RFID tags alone All in all, it's just another kick in privacy's balls... - If you don't have your tag, you can't get any pudding!

  9. Re:Workaround workaround by torklugnutz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Simply implant the tags into student's bodies. Surround the tag with an air-sensitive, explosive capsule so counteract removal attempts.

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  10. Re:Security cameras... by `Sean · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can just imagine the 911 call now... "Johnny is missing! His RFID tag reports that he's moving slowly underneath the school and...into the sewer? Quick, get a K9 out here now!"

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  11. Re:School budgets? by dspfreak · · Score: 5, Funny
    Man, you hit that right on the head.

    "We now know exactly where all of our students are."

    "That's really wonderful... uh... now what do we do with them?"

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  12. Re:Easy to tell by BrynM · · Score: 2, Funny
    they'll also determine if the average distance between any two tags remains two low (ie, within two inches of each other because they're both around the same student's neck)
    Or if two students are necking... Not that teenagers ever do that, of course.
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  13. Re:Easy to tell by gclef · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Suzie, we think you were skipping school. But, we'll let you off the hook if you can answer this question for us: why was your tag within a few inches of Dave's for most of 6th period?"

    *Suzie blushes*

    *Dave's friends start giving him high-fives*

  14. Re:How does this violate a right? by BrynM · · Score: 2, Funny
    How exactly does this take away from the child's freedom again?
    How would you like this implemented at your workplace? You're there on time and doing what you should be doing every day, right? And your job is posting on slashdot?...
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  15. Re:And the problem is???? by br4dh4x0r · · Score: 2, Funny

    because Logan's Run is turning out to be prophetic

    If you think the US is run by people under 30, maybe it's time you dipped your head in some smart juice.

  16. Bowel Movement Monitoring by coinreturn · · Score: 2, Funny

    It could be useful to the nurse's office to know how often and for how long someone takes a crap. Hmmm, Johnny seems to be in that stall a long time, perhaps he's doing his sex-education homework.