Privacy advocates are raising concerns over the use of RFID chips to help track students at a public preschool in California. The technology is being tested on 240 preschool students in the Head Start Program in Richmond. Preschool students have been outfitted with jerseys carrying tiny computer chips that have a radio antenna that can be tracked from a distance. We host a debate.
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Ooops! Reading stuff late at night after a long weekend...didn't realize this story is a bit old. Mind you it's still nuts!
Here's a newer link to a story about this technology being used this year in San Antonio, Texas