My Cell Phones and Privacy Opinion

A legitimate use for a prepaid cell phones is for people who can't afford a continuous plan. A prepaid phone gives less fortunate people the access to a cell phone. Some people can't agree to a continuous plan because maybe they don't have a steady job with a steady income so they are unsure if they can pay a future bill. I think that prepaid phones should be controlled by the government though. Some people may think that it's an invasion of privacy for tracking people, but I don't think that should be a problem. If you aren't doing anything wrong then you shouldn't be worried where the government thinks you are. The government will only locate the only committing crime. 

My Location Tracking Opinion

I would support the law to put ID chips in children under the of 5. In case that child got abducted, or they got lost they could be easier to find. The parents have the right to know where their small child is because the child certainly cannot fend for themselves at this age. I do believe that senior citizens that are living in a nursing home should have an ID chip put in them. Especially those with Alzheimer's should have an ID chip because they could forget where they are. Those senior citizens need to be located as fast as possible so they don't harm themselves or others. The downside to having this ID chips would be that anybody could find anybody with the right resources. Hackers and pedophiles could find small children if they just hacked into the system with all the locations of everybody with an ID chip. I think the GPS Shoes is a good start to see how location tracking will work in everyday life. 

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Blogging for CS408 at UNH. I have never blogged before so let's see how this goes.