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Using RFID and Wi-Fi to Track Students

Posted by Zonk on from the scurry-little-ants-scurry dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports on a proposal to use RFID and wi-fi to track students wherever they go on campus: 'Battery-powered RFID tags are placed on an asset and they communicate with at least three wireless access points inside the network to triangulate a location.' At The Wireless Event in London, 'Marcus Birkl, head of wireless at Siemens, said location tracking of assets or people was one of the biggest incentives for companies, hospitals and education institutions to roll out wi-fi networks.' The article points out that integration of RFID and wi-fi raises the possibility that RFID can be used for remote surveillance."

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  1. This is Snape's idea by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thus rendering Harry's invisibility cloak useless.

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  2. Make It Stylish... by morari · · Score: 2, Funny

    And college kids will bleat all the way through WiFi checkpoints.

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  3. It was a typo. by iknownuttin · · Score: 3, Funny
    So students are now assets?

    I think it was a typo. They meant they want to track student asses. You know, the jackasses who get drunk and trash parts of the campus or the ones who think "Animal House" was a video student manual on how to act when at college.

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  4. Re:Umm, Stalking. by Normal+Dan · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about the creepy stalker who wants to follow the girl of his dreams? Hrmmm... Good point. On second thought, I support RFID tags for students.
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  5. Don't upset the dots. by Radon360 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Who's upsetting my dots?? Are you messing with my dots?!?"

  6. Re:Umm, Stalking. by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 4, Funny

    um, hello - pedos don't go for 17 year olds. Normal people do, at least until they open their mouths.

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  7. Re:And you left yours where? by paintswithcolour · · Score: 2, Funny
    Easy...we'll just wear cool comm-badges

    Wait...what do you mean comm-badges aren't cool, and you don't want to wear one?