Electronic tracking: new constraint for Saudi women

Women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks cross-border movements. They, as well as 'sponsored' foreign workers, are not allowed to leave the country without their husband/employer's permission.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/af...ocId=CNG.08f465f0502f24565a5e31b0b7b8211b.141

http://riyadhbureau.com/blog/2012/11/saudi-women-tracking

 

That is sick. Not surprising, but still sick.

 

+1

agreed, as well that kind of thing is tested in darker parts of the world first before you see it in more developed parts of the world,still freaking twisted and you'll never sine me up on that topic.

RFID implantable tracking chip

why just tag peoples wallets with RFID when you can just implant it in people,all its missing is GPS and a cyanide module controlled by a computer AI.
know what happens if you get out of line ? you do the math.

hemmm....that could make a good movie horror ~sci-fi

 

or a reality show.

 

political comments removed. Meanwhile, elsewhere
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/21/schoolgirl_expelled_rfid_chip/

 

Thanks for the link Cudni

 

Another article about RFID tags.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/11/student-suspension/
Note this part:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20461752#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

 

Meanwhile, Der Spiegel has a story on total surveillance in Iran:

http://translate.google.com/transla...t-biometrischem-ausweis-a-868076.html&act=url

 

This ought to be a thread, I think.

This is predictable future for most of us. Each nation will have its own reasons, but outcomes will be similar.

Are there technological (no politics, please) workarounds?

 

Anti-Cheating Chip.
They have fears that western culture will hit and their women will go a little crazy. I can understand the fear as it has been their tradition for so many years and they look at western women as non-wife material because they deem them “dirty“.

 

Absolutely, unfortunately I couldn't find any more info other than this article in French:

http://www.zataz.com/news/22536/Nationale-Smart-Card--iran--Mohammad-Ebrahim.html

More background here:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203513604577142713916386248.html

http://en.rsf.org/beset-by-online-surveillance-and-12-03-2012,42061.html