Thursday, February 21, 2013

Location Tracking

Location tracking seems to be a very tricky subject. When I first read the question, I thought it was preposterous. Allowing someone to have 24/7 surveillance over you? No thanks. After further thought I realized that for certain perameters it might actually be beneficial. I don't think anyone over the age of 5 should have a tracker on them, period. But, I believe that I would support a bill requiring children under 5 to have one. I feel as though you hear far, far too often about stories of missing children, kidnapped children, etc. I feel as though this location tracker would help to significantly reduce that. I don't think the cons are worse than the pros because kids at that age have little concept of privacy, let alone care about their privacy. Most kids that age are under the supervision of their parents/gaurdians/teachers for 99% (if not 100%) of the time anyways so I feel as though this wouldn't be too much different than what they are used to other than the fact that they are able to be tracked in the event of an emergency. Having a tracker at any point beyond that age I feel is an invsion of privacy.  Once you are past that age you start to develop responsibility skills, independency, and develop a sense of privacy that would otherwise be impeded on by having a tracker.

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