When I was in school, there were no metal detectors greeting us at the door nor armed police — and children were in their classrooms at the expected times. Those that were not got detention and eventually were suspended from school. We knew that in order to get an education our rears needed to be in our seats, attention on the teacher.
Sexually transmitted diseases are a pox on the earth, but do we really need to single out the infected few for panopticonic surveilling?
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The implantation of RFID chips is a scary thought.
We can be tracked and mapped by the greater powers as if we’re a proximity card used for building access or a ride on the PATH train.
Is it appropriate that our privacy no longer belongs to us?
I cannot get over the notion of RFID staples — even if the whole thing is a hoax — and the idea you can track paper and people via such a tiny piece of steel.
Can you imagine all the uses of RFID staples if you assume there are proper monitoring stations that can read the tiny transmitters?
