May 18, 2024
NewsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Suggests Putting Sensors or Microchips in Children for Social Distancing

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Suggests Putting Sensors or Microchips in Children for Social Distancing

Meron told Ynet that "microchipping children will not pass any test – both practically and legally." Similar to Meron's notion that notifying citizens on their distance will not affect their actions, many fear the state would make use of the information available from the sensors.

In response to the Coronavirus, the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu suggested in a Press Briefing that it might be a good idea to place sensors on children like the sensors that are on vehicles, which make a noise when an individual gets to close to the car.

However, cyber experts are warning against such an idea because; "If the information with the kids' location is uploaded to the internet, a pedophile with some cyber knowledge may invade the system and stalk them," cyber expe...

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