Should children have tracking chips implanted in them so they can be found when lost, just like a dog?
This question brings up one glaring privacy issue in my mind and that is that anyone who has the knowledge of how to trace a tracking device (which I'm assuming many criminals and hackers do) could gain access to the location of any child that had been implanted with a chip. Who's to stop these hackers from using this information for wrongful or criminal activity? In my opinion the benefit of knowing where your children are at all times does not out-weigh the cost of potentially having your child's every location potentially visible. If there was a bill in Congress that required tracking chips in children under 5 I would not support it. If parents want to make the decision to do that then that is one thing, but to make it MANDATORY for every child under 5 is completely unethical. The government has absolutely no right to put tracking chips in children. With seniors that have dementia I believe that it should be their choice. They would need to be brought in to a doctors office and made aware of the situation. If they consent then ok, if not, it shouldn't be done.
I completely agree with your point to not make the tracking chip mandatory. I think giving parents the option is a good decision but forcing people to do it would start to go along a fine line that will start to give citizens a bad impression on government. Forcing parents to place tracking devices on their children is a little drastic.
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