Location Tracking

I would not support parents having chips implanted in their children for location tracking purposes.  Although this would help us find many children who go missing each year, I do not think the benefits outweigh the risks.  In going about doing this, children would have no say in being able to agree or disagree in having this done to them.  This could help the parents keep track of their children while they are young, however the child may not want the chip in them when they are older for numerous reasons.  This is an invasion of privacy because the individual would never be free from someone knowing their location at all times.  I would be completely against the passing of a bill in congress requiring ID chips in children under the age of 5.  I am also against the implanting of chips in a teen.  A teenager is old enough, to a certain extent, to know what they think is right and wrong.  If a teen disagreed with having this implanted in them I do not believe it would be right for a parent to force them to have this done.  I am against the implanting of chips in elderly patrons also.  Although they may be forgetful or suffering from a disease such as dementia or alzheimer's they are not of sound mind and should only be able to make a decision like this when they are completely healthy.  I do believe that elderly people in nursing homes should wear some type of a tracking device such as a necklace, pair of shoes, bracelet, etc. when they are not under complete supervision so they do not go missing, but nothing permanent.  

Cell Phones and Privacy

I am against the banning of prepaid cell phones and I do not think they should have to be registered for tracking purposes.  This could make it easier to track criminals down, but if they make tracking prepaid cell phones a law then criminals will naturally find a way to work around this.  By banning or making it necessary to register prepaid phones this is taking away rights from an average citizen.  Some people do not have the desire for a monthly cell phone plan, and others may not be able to afford one.  Prepaid phones are a great way for people to have a phone in the event of an emergency for a cheap cost.  I do not think this is a fair way of going about tracking down criminals because this is an invasion of privacy.  This is taking the law a step too far in numerous ways, law abiding citizens should not have to suffer the same repercussions of those who commit the crimes.  

Living in a Networked World Part 3A

In our living in a networked world class we have been covering the fundamentals of the Internet.  We have been learning about the background of the Internet, how and when it was created, the process it took to create it, privacy regulations, and much more.  We have now been assigned to create a blog on the website Blogger.