Students and Bodies Tracked Via RFID Tags

AT writes "The Brittan School District in Sutter County, California, is requiring students to carry RFID-tagged identity badges on them at all times. Readers are currently installed at the doors to all classrooms. Readers were removed from bathrooms when parents protested. The school district is meeting next week to consider parents objections to the system." Relatedly (but not), Leilah writes "The University of California is considering using RFID tags or bar codes to help track their collection of bodies and parts. They are attempting to reopen their body donation program which has been on hold since spring 2004 due to disappearing parts - they've previously had legal trouble over improper disposal as well."

Comments

Ahh... now we have RFID toe tags

[Anonymous Coward]

So when the next columbine happens, it will be easier to recognize the bodies

this is great.

[de1orean]

now the school will know when kids leave campus and go to Steve Wynn's casino on the Las Vegas strip.

or the morgue.

RFID good?

[t_allardyce]

Well the upside to all this is that if a major school shooting takes place, the university will be all set up for the bodies.

(ducks)

Obvious solution

[Locke2005]

Get together several times a day to trade id badges... and leave the staff wondering why the girls are going to the boy's restroom, etc.! They can require you to carry an ID, but can they enforce a requirement to carry YOUR OWN ID?

Outlaws

[imscarr]

When RFID spoofers are outlawed, only outlaws will have RFID spoofers.

Don't you just hate it.;..

[fm6]

...when you can't remember where you left a cadaver?

Re:Don't you just hate it.;..

[irokitt]

Grad Student: "Good afternoon, officer, I'm so happy you came right away. You see, I need your help with registering something as stolen property."

Cop: "Could you give me a description of the stolen property?"

Grad Student: "Yes, you see, she was about 1.7 or 1.8 meters, brown hair, in a black body bag...."

Cop: (WTF?)

Re:There Is No Escape

[fm6]

... but tracking a human is a different matter entirely.

We're not talking about humans, we're talking about students!

Re:Missing Parts?

[MightyMartian]

> Somebody please clue me in here. What sort of a
> sick excuse for a human being would steal parts of
> a cadaver???

No kidding. Normal people would take the whole damn thing.

Zombies

[ajlitt]

This will certainly make it easier to find the zombies.

1) Put RFID chips in body parts
2) Wait for zombies to eat them
3) ???
4) Profit!

Re:well

[Anonymous Coward]

mine has a price-tag. it's a start

Re:About damn time

[kin_korn_karn]

Why do you hate America?

Sweeeeeet.

[StoneCrusher]

We need to be able to provide a little *feedback* into the devices to help the *education* of the students. I can see it now...

"Please stay inside the yellow line. Do not cross the yellow lines. Do not cross the Red lines."

Ohw, Ohw... No we should have electronic colloars that are paired to another unknown student. If one of them trys to play hookie, ka-boomie.

Serriously, to make sure the students carry them just put a Nike mark on it and charge $125+ for them. Now its a must have fassion accessory.

Re:a rant....

[Anonymous Coward]

I had two parents. And I do steal cars!

*BZZZZZTTT*KRAAAK*POP*

[signingis]

I would have my kid's ID in the microwave the same day. Or maybe I could rewrite it.

The school would be mighty confused by an 8 pack of Gillette Mach 3 blades showing up for 5th period Algebra.