Yet again we see tracking and surveillance technology being used because good people have nothing to hide.
One area that is set for growth is kid tracking – after all it is the responsibility of parents, guardians and pseudo-guardians (like school teachers) to always know the whereabouts of their children. So start with kids, then apply the same technology to employees, then to citizens.
A district court judge for Bexar County, Texas, has granted a temporary restraining order to prevent Northside Independent School District from removing a Hernandez from John Jay High School’s Science and Engineering Academy because she refused to wear a name badge designed to use a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip to track students’ precise location on school property, the Hernandez’s attorneys announced today.
…“Regimes in the past have always started with the schools, where they develop a compliant citizenry. These ‘Student Locator’ programs are ultimately aimed at getting students used to living in a total surveillance state where there will be no privacy, and wherever you go and whatever you text or email will be watched by the government,” Whitehead warned.
[Source: CNS News]
Of course it makes sense to keep an eye on school kids. But technology should only be deployed where there is a clear benefit to a widespread problem – not just because we can.
