Putting a tracking chip in a human of any age is an invasion of privacy. I think that placing a chip in a child can only cause problems, and may not actually help. For example, if there is someone after your child, the data which is collected through the chip can most likely easily be found by a pedophile or a serial killer. The world we live in is not safe enough for this type of technology. People would use it for the wrong things and it would create a hazard. There are ways that it would help, but the bad out weighs the good.
Parents do have some right to place a chip on their children, but it would be very dangerous if they did as stated before. Though they are just young and it's for safety, it would not help. Especially in teens, it would be a big invasion of privacy. They are not legal adults, but they are old enough to function and know better. By placing a chip in your teen you are removing all the trust you should have for your child, which causes them not to trust you back.
Putting a tracker in shoes can be another story. Though I do not fully support such a thing, it would be helpful in people who suffer from Alzheimer's. I personally have seen a loved one overtaken by the disease that caused him to wonder. At one point, he walked out of the house and it took many people to find him wandering the streets of my town. Placing a chip in shoes that are warn just by Alzheimer's patients would be an okay idea, but not a perfect one.
I completely agree with you. I feel the same way that it is an invasion of privacy, but I never thought of how a pedophile or serial killer could use this technology to find and harm a child, and the idea of it is very scary and I think it is something parents do not think of because they are only thinking of the good the chip can do. I understand that parents do have "some right" to place a chip in their children because they are not technically adults until 18 years of age, but at the same time I think something this serious and drastic should really only be done if the child can agree to it and know what he or she is agreeing to.
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