School can lowjack kids

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Leisher
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What the fuck is going on in Texas?

Judge rules a school can chip your kids.
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A public school district in Texas can require students to wear locator chips when they are on school property, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in a case raising technology-driven privacy concerns among liberal and conservative groups alike.
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"We don't want to see this kind of intrusive surveillance infrastructure gain inroads into our culture," ACLU senior policy analyst Jay Stanley said. "We should not be teaching our children to accept such an intrusive surveillance technology."

A few years too late for that argument.
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Sounds like the feds getting involved in Texas business again.

Eventually that nose might get cut off.
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