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.

[bemenaker]

Holy Overkill Batman

Really, ***?

[cmysites]

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This reminds me of the parental control software parents buy for their home computers. They don't know how to set the software up so they get their kids to set it up for them, then the kids know the password and simply disable it when they don't want to be followed.

It will be the same here, kids will just disable the GPS when they don't want to be followed.

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[gmiciotta02]

I think that is WAY over the top, as a student myself( in college) now parents want to monitor their kids 24/7?