Hernandez said in an interview with Salon that subjecting herself to constant monitoring through an RFID chip is like being branded with the “mark of the beast”

Hernandez said in an interview with Salon that subjecting herself to constant monitoring through an RFID chip is like being branded with the “mark of the beast” – a reference to the Bible's apocalyptic Book of Revelations. This sounds like the root cause of the protests. Students and parents aren't complaining about the idea of just having to carry an ID card like a license. They are complaining about the RFID aspect of the card. They just have some superstitious fear of technology. There was a similar panic by crackpots when barcodes came out because barcodes were also thought to be the "Mark of the Beast" “Using this information along with an RFID reader means a predator could use this information to determine if the student is at home and then track them wherever they go. These chips are always broadcasting so anyone with a reader can track them anywhere,” Anyone want to bet those same students have Google Latitude, Twitter+geolocation, or some similar app on their smartphones?