Cell Phones and Privacy

Pre-paid cells phones are a good way to protect a person's privacy. They're affordable phones that don't require a contract with a phone company which allows more people to be able to have one. I don't think that the should be banned or otherwise controlled by the government, but I do agree with the idea of the users registering their phones. It just adds a little more security, and hopefully prevents terrorists or other dangerous people from finding a way to go untraced.

Location Tracking

I think that implanting ID chips in children can be a good idea if done right. Children can run off and get lost so having a way to find them can be beneficial. But one of the drawbacks is that if implanting the chip allows you to find them, it is possible for other people to find them as well which is a huge privacy issue. I think the benefits do outweigh the risks in this case. Parents should be able to decide if they want to implant a chip in their children up to a certain age. If Congress passed a bill that required children up to the age of 5 to be chipped, I wouldn't support it. It should be a choice of the parents, not the government. I don't think that teenagers should be tracked, at that point it is less of a safety precaution and more of a way to keep track of them. I think the GPS shoes or a chip in clothing for someone with Alzheimer's would be a good idea, that way there is a way to find them. But that should not be a requirement, that should be a choice of the family or the person's caretaker.

Fact

The world is connected by technology.