Putting GPS Chips in Children & Teens

I was on another forum, the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forum of all places, where someone made a thread make a ridiculous claim that at birth all people should be forced to have a GPS tracking chip inserted into their brain. His argument was that it would help stop abductions and kidnappings. He also said it would help stop teen sex, drug & alcohol abuse, breaking curfew, and other acts of civil disobedience. The entire community, save for Geshalt (another user) and the OP, then told him how horrible of an idea it was. People cited references to totalitarian government, human rights violations, how such a thing could be abused by the government/abusive parents/pedophiles who figure out how to track kids and teenagers.

People also said how it's like treating human beings like cattle. Some users said that it should be allowed up until they turn 13 and then it should be removed, and other users said that if you need a GPS locator to keep your children safe, then you shouldn't have kids. Personally I'm against such a thing, it's a very slippery slope after all, and I while I'm not a minor, I probably would have killed myself as a teenager if my parents and/or the government could figure out my exact location at any given time. I sarcastically told the OP that he might as well have thought police while he was at it. So, what do you think of this?

If you have a computer with Internet connection; they know who you are, where do you live and what do you do in your free time.

quote Boombox

quote Magnaillusion CM

If you have a computer with Internet connection; they know who you are, where do you live and what do you do in your free time.

coughporncough

Yeah but that isn't completely true. Just by using a computer, they don't know who you are, or where you live. A computer isn't connected to a single person, sure they can track the computer with it's IP address, but who's to say you're not at a library?

Or using a proxy.

quote Magnaillusion CM

quote Boombox

coughporncough

Yeah but that isn't completely true. Just by using a computer, they don't know who you are, or where you live. A computer isn't connected to a single person, sure they can track the computer with it's IP address, but who's to say you're not at a library?

Hence the safeguard:

quote Magnaillusion CM

If you have a computer with Internet connection; they know who you are, where do you live and what do you do in your free time.

Rephrased: If you yourself OWN a computer that has Internet connection.

You're still getting the idea all wrong.

quote Magnaillusion CM

quote Boombox

You're still getting the idea all wrong.

No; it's that your understanding of the communication layer on a system and information transferring is minimal :3.

Oh look at you, thinking you have knowledge.

Anyway, I'm not gonna argue. I know you're wrong. Now it is your choice. Should you accept that you have incorrect information, or live this lie.

I honestly don't give a shit either way.

quote Boombox

Anyway, I'm not gonna argue. I know you're wrong. Now it is your choice. Should you accept that you have incorrect information, or live this lie.

I honestly don't give a shit either way.

I'm a Computer Engineer, so yes, I know exactly how does everything work, and how to make everything stop working. You're probably a pretentious American high school student stereotype that still thinks Internet works by magic.

It's a terrible idea. There is already less and less privacy as time (and technology) progresses, and this would basically get rid of privacy entirely.

quote Boombox

This is the point where I log off. I don't argue with people who know less than me, it's pointless.

Thanks for the advice. I'm just a quarter of an inch below God anyways, so I shouldn't heed what pitiful mortal souls have to say .