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A biometric system is cheaper than RFID readers? Not by a long shot. The simple reason they don't have kids swipe in and out is because they simply won't do i

A biometric system is cheaper than RFID readers? Not by a long shot. The simple reason they don't have kids swipe in and out is because they simply won't do it. You can get employees to do it because they are paid. Not only that, but it would create foot-traffic jams at exits. RFID is just a better solution that is equivalent, from a data gathering standpoint, to the solutions you put forward.

ZoFreX 14y ago
Why not use the RFID tags to "swipe" in and out (e.g. just have a reader at the entrance), rather than tracking their exact location across the whole campus?
- nodata 14y ago
  Upvoted. Readers at the entrances sounds like a good compromise.
  - clavalle 14y ago
    That is exactly what this is. It is not tracking exact location. They are talking about readers at entrances and exits.
- clavalle 14y ago
  That is exactly what this is. It is not tracking exact location. They are talking about readers at entrances and exits.
  - warmwaffles 14y ago
    Sadly reporters and all the privacy people forget to mention this. They make it seems like they are tracking their EXACT location.
irahul 14y ago
> A biometric system is cheaper than RFID readers? Not by a long shot. Aren't thumbprint scanners commodity hardware now-a-days? Say a school has 700 students. It's 700 RFIDs vs may be 20 thumbprint scanners. > The simple reason they don't have kids swipe in and out is because they simply won't do it. You can get employees to do it because they are paid. Not only that, but it would create foot-traffic jams at exits. As for kids not doing it, doesn't US schools have any attendance norms? Schools in India have generally a 75% attendance norm. I used to work in an office with a headcount of 20000. Though people came in at different times, I am pretty sure the number of people who came in at 9 is greater than number of students in an average school. Swiping in and out didn't create any jams. > RFID is just a better solution that is equivalent, from a data gathering standpoint, to the solutions you put forward. Data gathering is what I am, and looks like the student is opposed to. I see anything more than ensuring that the student came in is a serious violation of privacy. The solution I proposed was in response to school's excuse of ensuring attendance to get funding. Ensuring attendance and tracking at all times are two very different things.
- boxein 14y ago
  Thumbprint scanners are inaccurate unless you get into the high-end range. If there is a commodity fingerprint scanner for that many students, they could install a single button and get equivalent data.

ZoFreX 14y ago

Why not use the RFID tags to "swipe" in and out (e.g. just have a reader at the entrance), rather than tracking their exact location across the whole campus?

nodata 14y ago
Upvoted. Readers at the entrances sounds like a good compromise.
- clavalle 14y ago
  That is exactly what this is. It is not tracking exact location. They are talking about readers at entrances and exits.
clavalle 14y ago
That is exactly what this is. It is not tracking exact location. They are talking about readers at entrances and exits.
- warmwaffles 14y ago
  Sadly reporters and all the privacy people forget to mention this. They make it seems like they are tracking their EXACT location.

irahul 14y ago

> A biometric system is cheaper than RFID readers? Not by a long shot. Aren't thumbprint scanners commodity hardware now-a-days? Say a school has 700 students. It's 700 RFIDs vs may be 20 thumbprint scanners. > The simple reason they don't have kids swipe in and out is because they simply won't do it. You can get employees to do it because they are paid. Not only that, but it would create foot-traffic jams at exits. As for kids not doing it, doesn't US schools have any attendance norms? Schools in India have generally a 75% attendance norm. I used to work in an office with a headcount of 20000. Though people came in at different times, I am pretty sure the number of people who came in at 9 is greater than number of students in an average school. Swiping in and out didn't create any jams. > RFID is just a better solution that is equivalent, from a data gathering standpoint, to the solutions you put forward. Data gathering is what I am, and looks like the student is opposed to. I see anything more than ensuring that the student came in is a serious violation of privacy. The solution I proposed was in response to school's excuse of ensuring attendance to get funding. Ensuring attendance and tracking at all times are two very different things.

boxein 14y ago
Thumbprint scanners are inaccurate unless you get into the high-end range. If there is a commodity fingerprint scanner for that many students, they could install a single button and get equivalent data.