Orwellian In Sutter, CA, a close-knit farming town northwest of Sacramento local school 7th & 8th graders are required to wear identification cards around their necks with their picture, name and grade and a RFID wireless transmitter that beams their ID number to a teacher’s handheld computer when the child passes under an antenna posted above a classroom door. In addition to the privacy concerns, parents are worried that the information on and inside the badges could wind up in the wrong hands and endanger their children, and that radio frequency technology might carry health risks. Controversial media attention prompted the sponsoring company to abandoned the project. Yet, it was seriously considered, wasn’t it? (USA Today 2/10/05)
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