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When it comes to tracking people by GPS, there are two schools of thought. Either its a practical solution to all sorts of safety/security issues… or its the start of a 1984 type surveillance culture that will ultimately take all our freedoms away.

Actually the first time I did read 1984 was in my English class while wearing my school uniform… and now to add to the debate and scope for essay writing UK firm Trutex are looking at  adding GPS tracking to those very uniforms.

Apparently nothing is actually ready for shipping, and they’re looking at how it would be used..  but as units become smaller, cheaper and more power efficient it’s probably only a matter of time

Trutex marketing manager, Clare Rix told IT PRO that the badges and colours that are a feature of school uniforms already act as a safety feature, helping to identify which school a child attends and perhaps making it easier for truant officers to pick out truants on high streets. She added that the idea of adding GPS came as a natural extension to this.

“It seemed the next logical step, knowing the technology was out there to do achieve this,” she said.

Source: IT Pro

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