Outlaw RFID tagging of compulsory school students [View all]

http://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/outlaw-rfid-tagging-students-compulsory-schools/cGWKsGlR

Grant Andrea Hernandez a high school diploma.
http://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/grant-andrea-hernandez-high-school-diploma/W7SnxN1Q

Inspired by (and more about the issue)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=361174

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Outlaw RFID tagging of compulsory school students [View all]	Trillo	Jan 2013	OP
Why ? I have to wear on at work, most large employers now require it.	reverend_tim	Jan 2013	#1
You can leave your job	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#2
They are not required 24/7	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#3
You don't need tracking technology	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#5
"what's to stop the school from tracking students once they leave the grounds?"	Thor_MN	Jan 2013	#8
From what they are saying	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#9
Answer the question	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#17
Rude much?	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#20
Uh, yeah...	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#21
Or the place right next to it might...	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#30
Okay, so moving on to another aspect....	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#31
To some extent	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#34
What's to stop them when the students leave the grounds?	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#11
Wouldn't the tracking software alert that one student carries two badges?	immoderate	Jan 2013	#42
Not if they are	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#44
Well, every employer I have had for years now requires them too	reverend_tim	Jan 2013	#4
You have the choice	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#6
So why...	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#13
So where is the student going to run into a reader off the school grounds, that is connected to the	reverend_tim	Jan 2013	#35
I grant my son	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#41
Excuse me, that's an argument against RFID.	JackRiddler	Jan 2013	#50
Is this just student IDs with RFID tags in them?	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jan 2013	#7
Yes	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#12
You must be young, I grew up without such disgusting devices, you got	flamingdem	Jan 2013	#16
sarcasm?	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jan 2013	#22
I'll admit the concept of this is new to me but I wouldn't have stood for it	flamingdem	Jan 2013	#27
MANY retail and other places use them	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#29
I don't really come into contact with those devices much at all	flamingdem	Jan 2013	#32
If you shop, you have come into contact with them	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#49
I think accouning for students in school can be a good tool in accounting for their safety.	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jan 2013	#33
I still think safety schmaftety - the percent change of unsafe isn't worth the loss of freedom	flamingdem	Jan 2013	#38
It's not an age thing per say	Tien1985	Jan 2013	#43
Thanks! I'm glad it's not a generational thing	flamingdem	Jan 2013	#46
I am 30 years old	Harmony Blue	Jan 2013	#40
Yes -- we have them at work, too	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#26
bouncing for the noon to morning crowd. NT	Trillo	Jan 2013	#10
What religious theology is opposed to identification items? This is ridiculous.	RB TexLa	Jan 2013	#14
something about the mark of the beast - they are coo-coo	sammytko	Jan 2013	#24
I really do not understand how anyone has an opposition to this on any grounds	RB TexLa	Jan 2013	#47
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.	JackRiddler	Jan 2013	#51
Excatly how does a form of identification violate this:	RB TexLa	Jan 2013	#57
RFID chips are not a form of identification and you know this.	JackRiddler	Jan 2013	#58
Agree, I NEVER would have put up with this when I was in school, disgusting	flamingdem	Jan 2013	#15
You didn't have a school ID at all?	jeff47	Jan 2013	#52
No, not in high school	flamingdem	Jan 2013	#55
And I got lots of student discounts by having one.	jeff47	Jan 2013	#56
We didn't & we would have found it shocking.	JackRiddler	Jan 2013	#61
The petition got it right in the big issue, I think, but not the small one	petronius	Jan 2013	#18
What a waste of the White House petition feature	RandiFan1290	Jan 2013	#19
You mean, gasp, the executive branch of the federal government doesn't set school policy?	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#23
We have many much larger problems in education.	proud2BlibKansan	Jan 2013	#25
I don't disagree with RFID in school and work IDs, so no	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#28
No chip is being implanted. This is just more RW nuttery.	kestrel91316	Jan 2013	#36
You sure couldnt tell	iamthebandfanman	Jan 2013	#45
Opposing Big Brother is RW nuttery?	davidn3600	Jan 2013	#53
not a bid deal...not a big deal...not a big deal...	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#37
I am thouroughly disgusted that	Harmony Blue	Jan 2013	#39
Because I benefit from it	jeff47	Jan 2013	#54
bouncing for the late-evening to evening folks. NT	Trillo	Jan 2013	#48
A few notes on the technology	IDemo	Jan 2013	#59
Just block the signal	Revanchist	Jan 2013	#60
Why are expulsions and suspensions dangerous to students, schools, and communities	Trillo	Jan 2013	#62
"Schools are already prisons"	Trillo	Jan 2013	#63