School children are to be "tagged":
School uniforms could be fitted with satellite technology to allay parents' fears over child abduction.
Trutex, a specialist supplier, is considering putting GPS tracking devices in new clothes amid increasing concerns over safety.
The company surveyed 800 parents and found that more than two in five feared their young children were at risk of being snatched.
In addition, 59 per cent said they would be "interested" in some form of tracking device being added to school uniforms.
The findings follow public alarm over the apparent abduction of Madeleine McCann. (The Telegraph)
This is just yet another step along the way towards a surveillance state. Tracking where your children are through technology in their clothes sounds like a good idea, because then you'll never lose them, always know where they are etc. But it is just one small step away from implanting tracking devices in bodies at birth, and thus it always being known where you are.Trutex, a specialist supplier, is considering putting GPS tracking devices in new clothes amid increasing concerns over safety.
The company surveyed 800 parents and found that more than two in five feared their young children were at risk of being snatched.
In addition, 59 per cent said they would be "interested" in some form of tracking device being added to school uniforms.
The findings follow public alarm over the apparent abduction of Madeleine McCann. (The Telegraph)
What sort of world are we living in where constant tracking can be seen as a good thing? The implications for privacy are enormous. Those who argue that if you don't do anything wrong, you don't have anything to worry about are just fooling themselves. The idea of tagging the elderly has been raised before, and now the idea of tagging kids. Nest they'll be after the rest of us.
I don't want Big Brother knowing where I am all day every day. Why would they want to know, and what good would it do them? What is the real point of them? The very small benefits they may bring in "security" mean nothing against the invasion of privacy that accompanies it.
Sources: The Telegraph, The Guardian
