Veterinarians implant computer chips into pets and farm animals to identify and track them if they get lost. Some people suggest doing so for children. Discuss the privacy implications of such proposals. What are the risks? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? Do parents have the right to have the chips implanted in their young children? How about in their teenage children? If there was a bill in Congress to require ID chips in children under the age of 5, would you support it? Why or why not? What about tracking seniors who are forgetful or who have alzheimer's? Although they are not implanted in the body, GPS Shoes are being marketed right now for this purpose.
Answer:
I think implanting computer chips into small children is ridiculous. I feel that it is unnecessary and and big problem with privacy. I feel like some of the risks are having the chip be stuck in you and have to get it surgically removed or something of that sort. I feel like once you get older you wouldn't want to be tracked wherever you are, you would want some privacy. I wouldn't feel the need to track my children and I feel like you shouldn't have to either. I don't think the benefits outweigh the risks because I think the benefits are unnecessary. I also don't think that parents don't have the right to implant chips into there children's bodies, it should be there own decision especially with teenagers, because I think that their old enough to know where they are and to have their own privacy. I would not support the bill to require ID chips in children under five because there is no need for it. We have lived fine without them for ll these years so why try and do it now. It'a a big invasion of privacy. I feel like the best way to track anyone is with cellphones and anyone who has one can be tracked anyways. The shoes idea is good too because it works for the people who don't have phones and the senior citizens who have Alzheimer's.
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