Thursday, July 15, 2004

From Slashdot: "CNET has reported that Japanese schoolchildren in the city of Osaka will be tagged with RFID tags. Apparently this is in addition to the trial program in Tabe that The Register reported earlier, where parents can track their children on their way to school." I would ask if things are getting a little out of control, but I think that would be rhetorical.  Actually, I am of two minds about this - one in this day where the kooks, freaks and weirdos don't look any different from the normal guy on the street, we need to do something to protect our children, but at the same time, there is some serious Big Brother issues about tagging people with RFID.  Where does it stop?  There were some companies that allegedly were tracking their employees through pagers and cell phones when they went to the bathroom and held that time against the employee.  Do RFID tags make such time tracking even easier? 8:46:33 AM    comment []

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