School uniforms track kids
English company is considering adding satellite tracking devices to its line of school uniforms.
(Credit: Trutex)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, according to an article from the Daily Telegraph in Australia. The manufacturer, Lancashire-based Trutex, believes there is a demand for such clothing. In a recent survey of its own, the company found that 59 percent of 800 parents surveyed were interested in buying uniforms with embedded Global Positioning Systems.
Still, it seems unlikely that a teenager would willingly wear a GPS-laced outfit. According to the article, only half of kids 12 and under (who were surveyed) said that they wouldn't mind wearing the clothes.
It will be the same here, kids will just disable the GPS when they don't want to be followed.
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by gmiciotta02
October 21, 2008 11:23 AM PDT
- I think that is WAY over the top, as a student myself( in college) now parents want to monitor their kids 24/7?
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