RFID Not Just for Kids

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Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 15, 2004 @07:44PM from the big-brother-carney dept.

dritan writes "News.com is reporting that a theme park in Florida is tagging all members of your group when you enter. The park has kiosks throughout the park that let you find the other members of your group in "real time." The park's web site makes it seem that you will only be able to find members of your group, instead of seeing everyone in the park. Slashdot has previously reported about tagging kids with RFID in order to keep track of them."

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sigh... by EmperorKagato · 2004-09-15 19:47 · Score: 4, Funny

Great, there goes my plan to leave my crazy no-good kids behind.

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1. Re:sigh... by cei · 2004-09-15 19:54 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  All part of Bush's "leave no child behind" program...
  
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2. Re:sigh... by Mycroft999 · 2004-09-15 23:18 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  "Remember to take all packages and property with you when you leave the boat. Please make sure you also take your children. Because if you don't want them, then we don't want them either... For many of the same reasons."
  
  "Any children left behind at the end of the day become property of Walt Disney World Incorporated. At which time we take them over to the It's A Small World pavilion , staple their feet to the floor and teach them that awful little song in forty-two different languages. I myself used to be the hula-girl"
  
  - Boat operator on the Jungle Safari Cruise at Disney World Magic Kingdom, Spring 1996.
Goddamnit! by raehl · 2004-09-15 19:54 · Score: 4, Funny

How am I supposed to have any fun if I can't accidentally get separated from the wife?

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UN Black Helicopters by mrshowtime · 2004-09-15 19:55 · Score: 3, Funny

Wow! Now you can find your other family members via a tracking system. Next thing you know the government will be using it to "track" you in airports, grocery stores, masterbating in the bathroom, etc. In Mexico they are implanting RFID tags into goverment officical to track them in case of kidnapping. "Experts" say that there is nothing to fear. Yeah, right. My paranoid buddy said a few years ago that the dreaded U.N. black helicopters could fly over your house and scan it to see how much money you had in it. Now that's possible; The EU is putting RFID tags in it's money. Also, within 5 years, EVERYTHING you can buy will have the damn tags on it.

I hate to sound like an apocalypse nut, but within 15 years it will be capable of one individual (i.e. antichrist) to control/track just about everyone on the planet, including money and food.

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1. Re:UN Black Helicopters by commodoresloat · 2004-09-15 20:32 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  remember that the UN hardly has the power to police itself within its own facilities.
  Yeah, but once they use their black helicopters to see how much money we all have and take the money, then they'll be able to pay for better police, and then we're in really big trouble.
Re:And now, for your delectation and delight... by Scarblac · 2004-09-15 20:07 · Score: 5, Funny

I agree, some people seem to overhype RFID privacy problems a bit.

There should be no problem with this, simply microwaving the children for a short period should be sufficient to disable the tag.

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Re:And now, for your delectation and delight... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-15 20:09 · Score: 5, Funny

simply microwaving the children for a short period should be sufficient
True, but that leaves them chewier than baking.
Imagine the fun you could have .... by dustpuppy · 2004-09-15 20:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Get everyone to take off their tag and attach it to the roller coaster cars ... then sit back and watch as park officials panic when they realise that there are 578 people riding around and around.

Or ... as you take a journey through a ride, take off you tag and through it as far as you can into the diaroma ... and watch as park officials try and hunt down the lost kid

Or ... flush a tag down the toilet and then say your kid is lost ... and watch then chase the 'kid' as it 'travels' around the park
I for one... by Anonymous+Writer · 2004-09-15 22:29 · Score: 3, Funny

... welcome our new Theme Park Overlords.
Re:And now, for your delectation and delight... by RogL · 2004-09-15 23:10 · Score: 5, Funny

simply microwaving the children for a short period should be sufficient

True, but that leaves them chewier than baking.

No, no, no... 5 minutes a side under the broiler for browning, then microwave to cook through. The microwave time varies by weight.
Re:get it right by whorfin · 2004-09-16 02:00 · Score: 4, Funny

Acually, based on what a theme park experience tends to be, this would be "Your Rights In Line"

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