Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
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Re: Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
#2I'm not sure staying in that public school system is a victory. She already won when she courageously stood up for what she believes in.
Re: Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
#3Given the hackability of RFID, wouldn't it be faster, cheaper, and more effective to just pull some hijinx and make the school look like idiots? Also, women in tech! :-)
Re: Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
#4Student’s Social Security number? Why does the school need the student's SSN? Why not just brand the kids?
Re: Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
#5“Regimes in the past have always started with the schools, where they develop a compliant citizenry,” Whitehead continued. “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.”
This raises a very valid concern. Human beings aren't cattle. Contrary to what many high school administrators might think, teenagers deserve the right to not be treated as such. If children are taught to be complacent with their privacy that can absolutely extend into adulthood. It would be a shame to raise a generation of Americans who support the idea that they are not trustworthy and therefore subject to probationary measures.
Re: Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
#6I'm not sure staying in that public school system is a victory. She already won when she courageously stood up for what she believes in.
Plenty of people stand up for what they believe in and go unnoticed. She is doing the right thing. If she stepped down now, the program would be enforced without resistance.
Re: Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
#7Student’s Social Security number? Why does the school need the student's SSN? Why not just brand the kids?
I came up with this great idea, maybe we could just tattoo permanent identification on them so that they're easy to control. Perhaps a number...
Re: Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
#8I'm not sure I see the difference between this program and a company that distributes a similar system for employees to track all the same information?
Re: Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
#9“Regimes in the past have always started with the schools, where they develop a compliant citizenry,” Whitehead continued. “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.” This raises a very valid concern. Human beings aren't catt…
"Human beings aren't cattle."
Approaching an airport security control a while back where security agents where shouting "Remove your shoes, belts and jackets, and move along!" repeatedly gave me the distinct impression that the TSA strongly disagrees with you.
Re: Judge temporarily saves girl facing suspension for refusing to wear RFID tag
#10Given the hackability of RFID, wouldn't it be faster, cheaper, and more effective to just pull some hijinx and make the school look like idiots? Also, women in tech! :-)
Something that came to mind is if you put an RFID detector near toilet doors and visibly show a count of how many people it thinks are in there, you could easily demonstrate what a terrible violation of privacy it is.
Edit: You could also show who and how often, but I'm scared you'd be arrested...