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School Uniforms With GPS to Track Kids

news.com.com — Parents already have a way to monitor kids' phone calls and text messages, and soon they might have the means to track children wearing school uniforms. An English manufacturer of uniforms is considering adding satellite tracking devices to its line of school clothing so that parents can locate their child's whereabouts at all times.

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  • BigManOnCampus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+78Just what we need, a way for tech-saavy pedophiles to illegally track where specific kids are.

    This is a terrible idea.

    Instead of that retardedness why not give kids a device that allows them to hit a panic button that alerts police when there is trouble, don't put an always-on tracking device on a human being that has done nothing wrong. This is a very dumb idea.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+68Sounds like a tremendous waste of money.
  • FyreGoddess, on 10/10/2007, -0/+50I imagine if this gained any popularity, the first thing kidnappers would do would be to strip the child. I can't see any parent taking comfort in "We found Billy's school uniform..."
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33Only a surveillance freak would buy that uniform, although I can imagine the benefits if the kid gets kidnapped.
  • emanl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24Not to mention... Let's hope the kidnappers don't figure out a way to hack the system and track the kids themselves.
  • deadpixel621, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Just to give my parents hell for it, I'd pull a prank and toss my jacket over a building
  • Gustomucho, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22This is the dumbest story ever. Don't you think the abducter will know about the GPS clothing ? Geez, would you be happy if your children was kidnapped and you found only the clothes? What's worst than a missing child? A missing naked child.
  • mpn401, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22FTA: "...half of kids 12 and under (who were surveyed) said that they wouldn't mind wearing the clothes."

    Isn't this disturbing to some? How everyone is being prepared to be tracked?
  • Bajeda, on 10/10/2007, -3/+21http://www.southparkstudios.com/img/content/season6/611.gif

    Did anyone else think of this when they read the article?
  • OnymousHero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19"if you're not doing anything wrong, then why does it matter?"

    This is the same old argument dragged out time and time again. Here is the problem with it:

    PRIVACY IS NOT ABOUT HIDING SOMETHING YOU'VE DONE WRONG

    It is about maintaining human dignity. Why should I be treated like a potential suspect and tracked just in the name of protecting me from [insert current fashionable boogie man]? ***** that.
  • drjekelmrhyde, on 10/10/2007, -6/+23Pretty soon V will blow up Parliment
  • xGeneric, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17This is ridiculous. Locate their child's location at all times? Ughhh, maybe the parents should already have a good idea of where their child is. I don't think there were ever many times as a kid that my parents had literally no idea where I was. If I was at a friends house and wanted to go somewhere else, I'd call them, or at least let my friends parents know. I used to tell my parents where I was going out of respect... and you know, I would have lost a lot of respect if my parents had made me wear one of these.

    This is only good for a couple different kind of people. 1. Parents with children who constantly run away... and in which case, putting monitoring devices on the child isn't exactly the best solution. 2. Parents who have be instilled with enough fear that they believe their child is under constant threat of child predators 24/7. Now, if you're willing to track your child's every movement because of fear of Pedophiles, you may as well just keep your kid locked inside at all times, wearing iron underwear with a padlock.

    And of course, you have those parents who intend to monitor and control everything their kids do until they are an adult... which might seem like a good idea to some, but when your kid is suddenly exposed to the real world after years of having their parents at their hip 24/7, that's gonna cause some other kind of unique problems. I went to school with some of those kids... when they hit college, they were the weird, shy ones who didn't adjust well.

    "you wanna help your kids? Leave em the ***** alone" - George Carlin.
  • chocolatetacos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Children can and will remove what I assume will be the sewn-in GPS devices. Utter stupidity.
  • soccerman90, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17if someone kidnaps a kid and changes their clothes, then the tracking device becomes useless
  • suxmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19Might as well put on one of those dog collars that shocks them if they stray from the path and be done with it!
  • Grok22, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14i'd take a hammer to the chip as soon as i got the clothes
  • Bajeda, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13They can in Vermont now!
  • enginbeering, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14A coat and tie as a school uniform?

    What is this, Hogwarts?
  • directsun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Ender's Shadow Solution: Strip down and travel through the air vents. Done.
  • Goombellaofgoom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Or throw it in a swimming pool, tied to a brick. The chip has to be water-proof or it couldn't be washed, so a few hours in a pool wouldn't hurt it. Or put it on an inflatable raft and float it out to sea or down a river. There are so many messed up thing you could do...
  • allenhotsauce, on 10/10/2007, -7/+19Children also have the privacy as an adult.This kind of uniform can be only fit for those innocent kids under 5 years old.
  • beelz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12LoJack and Jane
  • mogus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Again, lose the shirt/utility belt, etc... that has the tracker. How many science fiction movies have you seen where the tracking device is found in some ventilation shaft or in the woods or something, leaving the antagonist disappointed...
  • polalion, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11"Still, it seems unlikely that a teenager would willingly wear a GPS-laced outfit."

    Award for Most Unnecessary Understatement.
  • dafragsta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Man, welcome to Harry Potter technology from 6 or so years ago.

    /I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.
  • 1stmushroombrew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I need a minute. My pants are still charging.
  • EricMiIIer, on 07/10/2009, -0/+9Forget the children, I will remove them from my children's uniform.
  • Bajeda, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Why don't they just give them cameras to wear on their heads like Justin TV? Is it just me, or English parents are even more overprotective of their kids than American ones? It seems like all the news about GPS tracking kids through cellphones, insanely expensive drug testing equipment in schools, etc. is all from England these days.
  • dmeyers, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10It's the point of it. Who the hell has the right to know that I stop at the adult book store every day after work and enjoy looking at bondage toys? Kind of embarassing, though not illegal. Or what if My wife is on a diet and wants me to do it with her. I make her feel good and let her stick to it by following it when I'm around her, but I love going to McDonalds to pick up a sandwich. Comon man, its simple. There are a million things that might not be illegal, but they sure as hell are embarassing or problematic. No one should be able to decide what you do with your free time.
    Or perhaps you could just look at a classic example, and imagine a 1984-like society. Basic rights are now illegal, and even being together with too many people at one time is illegal.

    Don't be a dipstick.
  • amed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8yaa i would hate to take a leak knowing someone is tracking and timing my urination time
  • floridiot2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8That's what we do best!
  • chaemera, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Forget removing it from the kid's clothing, I'd not place my child in a school with such a policy.
  • ThndrShk2k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9What if the pedophile had a GPS locator?
  • ThatGirlTasha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Oh god-just homeschool. People, just yank your kids out of school already and avoid all this crap. This is just so stupid.
  • BattleStar47, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Kids would go to school, change clothes, leave their uniforms in their lockers, and leave.

    Totally worthless invention.
  • EricMiIIer, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7Here is a better idea, give them a place that they WANT to be, not these prison camps that are passing for public schools.
  • Ubertastic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7...'Team Bravo, this Command, come in. Over.'
    'Go ahead Command, we're here.'
    'Target is moving towards Mable Street, I repeat, Little Timmy is approaching Maple Street. Over.'
    'Copy that Command, moving now. Over.'
  • Cyber_Akuma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7"More appropriate would be a waterproof anklet for girls that never comes off."

    Shes a child, not a dog. Maybe you should read up on children's rights. You can't just do whatever you want to them.
  • djdole, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7The sea/river idea would work, but the pool one would just make it look like you're always around the pool.
    Personally I'd think the best would be to Fed-Ex it to a third-world country, and leave a note saying "Well now you can sponsor me for just pocket change a day!"
  • OrangeTide, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8You're doing it the stupid way. Just pack it up and mail it to Antigua.
  • Cyber_Akuma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Its a school uniform, not a James Bond suit.
  • djdole, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8"Children also have the privacy as an adult."
    What? Did I miss some vital info here? I mean, I can't be the only one thinking "Children != Adult" O_o
  • soccerman90, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7timusca, not everyone thinks and act exactly like you.
  • 35263526, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Sorry if it wasn't clear; I thought the quotation marks made it such; I was pointing out the oft-refuted base of his argument, not stating agreement.
  • Cyber_Akuma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5What if your child gets abducted BECAUSE people could track them by their clothing?
  • 1stmushroombrew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5sodium excess detected. advising nutrition control.
  • OrangeTide, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It doesn't solve the problem. Parents are paralyzed with fear and are obviously unable to think straight.

    A kid is probably safer at school than in the back of your SUV speeding down the highway. Car accidents are the number one killer of minors last I checked!
  • ThreeDee912, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7They could always take their clothes off... Err... Maybe not...
  • Vodka2389, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Hate to use the phrase, but this is a slippery slope.
  • Endeavorer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I know, seriously!, they should have robes!
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