A school kicked out a student because she refused to wear a lanyard with an RFID-chip student ID. Her reasons for it aren't really what caught my attention. What struck me curious is that these chips are associated with their Social Security number, and it monitors the students' movements all across campus. While I'm all for incorporating technology into our lives, this seems very "Big Brother"-esque. It also seems that the more personal information you have linked to the chip, the more chance there is that it could be compromised. I understand why the schools want to track the movements of the students - to get funding for the school - but it's also very invasive, in my opinion. I like my privacy, and I wouldn't want my movements being tracked everywhere.
So in hopes that someone else besides me notices how invasive this has the potential of being, I will hope for The Doctor to come and stop this (we have a Whovian over here!).
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/school-kicks-out-sophomore-in-rfid-student-id-flap/
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/11/student-suspension/
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