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Students In UK Tracked With RFID Chips

Posted by kdawson on from the sees-you-when-you're-sleeping dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ten kids in a pilot program in the Hungerhill School in Edenthorpe, England will participate in a program that puts RFID chips in students' uniforms to keep track of their whereabouts. A group called 'Leave Them Kids Alone' is opposing the program. Bruce Schneier blogs: '...Now it's easy to cut class; just ask someone to carry your shirt around the building while you're elsewhere.'"

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  1. Why not cut out the foreplay... by jaxtherat · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And go straight to electronic tagging? Better yet, lock them up in school like battery hens... I'm sure a frighteningly large percentage of parents would approve, what with focus groups scaring the bejeesus out of parents on a daily basis with alarmist bullshit.

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