Register reports of a pilot program to monitor kids using RFID in Doncaster. The boss of the firm that did the pilot sez
"The system saves valuable lesson time, often wasted in registration and monitoring, while ensuring parents of their children's security. And there's the additional benefit of reduced costs in replacing school uniforms that have gone astray."
Bullshit. And, muhaha. If that's the sales pitch and schools are falling for it, britons have buried Orwell and 1984 once for all. The technology has its uses but schoolkids ain't it. We don't need to scar children with our technosocial experiments. Check LeaveThemKidsAlone, an activist site opposing these in the UK. [via]
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