big brother is watching

[Craig.]

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ ... echnology/
That really must suck

[jrpilot]

Interesting...BUT....of course parents must sue  :-*

[raz]

The badges introduced at Brittan Elementary School on Jan. 18 rely on the same radio frequency and scanner technology that companies use to track livestock and product inventory.

Makes you wonder where our values are...I just have to bang my head against the wall when I hear these types of stories.  How far are people going to go?  

[beaky]

No way. This is stupid, and humiliating. When I was a kid, I'd have thrown the damn thing right back at them, and damn the repercussions. The potential for abuse is enormous, there are a million ways to beat that system (switching tags, etc.), and of course it's another example of school administrators (and gullible teachers and parents) saying: "the more money we spent on gadgets, the safer and more well-behaved our kids will be!" Sooner or later the "Stepford Kid" implant will hit the market, and they'll sell millions of them...

[Scorpiоn]

It's not dangerous technology - yet.  Everyday people just resign themselves to having their liberty being taken away without a fight.  Then again, if they don't care enough to protest, then where's the problem?

For some reason the Supreme Court believes teens and schools can have different laws apply to them than the rest of the country.  (Random searches and such) I wouldn't be surprised if they deemed that teenagers don't need privacy as well.  Orwell all over again, but we can always move to China or something. Nee-how!

[beaky]

It's not dangerous technology - yet.  Everyday people just resign themselves to having their liberty being taken away without a fight.  Then again, if they don't care enough to protest, then where's the problem?

For some reason the Supreme Court believes teens and schools can have different laws apply to them than the rest of the country.  (Random searches and such) I wouldn't be surprised if they deemed that teenagers don't need privacy as well.  Orwell all over again, but we can always move to China or something. Nee-how!

It's very disturbing, and it's got to stop! History shows that totalitarian regimes have always put a great deal of effort into indoctrinating and conditioning the very  young- starting with convincing them that they're  guilty until proven innocent...
"Dar fan!" (big trouble) :-/

[Scorpiоn]

No disagreement here.

[TacitBlue]

With any luck, people will wake up one day and realize what has happened, and they will be mad as hell about it. However, I dont hold much hope for the general population anymore.

[raz]

With any luck, people will wake up one day and realize what has happened, and they will be mad as hell about it. However, I dont hold much hope for the general population anymore.

It won't happen.  People are too stupid to think for themselves anymore.  Thus, the government steps in and takes charge, and history repeats itself.  I only hope that I'm dead before we reach such a point.

[ATI_7500]

Hellooooooo '1984' !

[TacitBlue]

Im affraid your right. And those of us who can think for ourselvs will be the only ones who know we are being oppressed. Im just glad is hasnt gotten THAT bad yet. It isnt that far off though, the FBI already watches what books we check out at the library, machines give us traffic tickets. And its only going to get much worse before it gets better (if it does). I said that I dont hold MUCH hope, I do have a faint glimmer of hope that things will get better some day... but I doubt it.   :-/

[Hagar]

This sort of thinking scares me. Some of the ideas seriously proposed by our own "powers-that-be" are just as serious if not worse than this. If they do what many of them seem to want they will be able to track everyone in the country 24/7. Quite who "they" will be is not not clear. That is not my idea of a free country. George Orwell obviously knew more than we suspected, even in our wildest dreams. I will fight this sort of thing with every means at my disposal.

[legoalex2000]

forget it, i'd do anything and everything to torture that system to death if it came here. it's bad enough that all our schools just installed a "state-of-the-art" security camera system, but having the district track our every move???

never.... and anybody who suports this should have a look at real life, and stop protecting us in the wrong ways...

[Hagar]

Read this & be warned. The technology is apparently already available. Think of the wider implications, not just the road safety issues. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1011463,00.html

Drivers face automatic speeding fines without being caught by the police or roadside cameras under a proposal being studied by the Government to fit all cars with satellite tracking devices for road tolls.
Under the anti-congestion tolling plan being examined by the Department for Transport, all vehicles would be fitted with a 'black box' to charge drivers according to the type of road they are using and when they are driving.

But transport experts believe the equipment will pave the way for 24-hour monitoring of drivers to see if they break the speed limit. It could also be used to determine whether drivers were speeding before an accident.

The Government is backing trials of an advanced system which would tell the black box when it entered a speed limit and prevent the vehicle going faster. The equipment could also find drivers who have not paid vehicle duty or insurance.

The system would use global positioning systems and computer technology. It would be easy to catch speeders and there are no legal obstacles - tachographs in lorries, which record speed and length of time behind the wheel, are already examined after accidents.

[TacitBlue]

If they ever do that here, I will ride a bike.