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Posted at 2004-07-13 00:30:52 by Declan McCullagh
in Politech category "privacy/tracking"
Gila Pyke (gila.sheftel at ssha.on.ca) writes in:
Hi Declan, I don't remember seeing this one go by on the list.
It is the next predicted step in RFID chip use. A Japanese firm has taken the "only for inventory" RFID chip and turned it into an anti-truant tool. Parents can mod-chip their children and know whenever they leave school premises.
The article tells it from an extremely positive point of view, but it has my imagination shaken to the core.
The link:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...
Permanent link to "Japan's experiment in RFID: chip your kids' ID cards":
http://www.politechbot.com/2004/07/13/japa...
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