Update: The Freemasons’ child-tracking system is now available in Canada.
The program is called Masonichip, and it is meant to help parents cope with one of their worst nightmares — having their children snatched from their beds in the dead of night — by taking casts of the kids’ teeth, as well as other biometric recordings.
The “chip” in Masonichip, is an acronym for “Child Identification Program.” There is no microchipping involved in the process of creating a dossier for any child.
But the name of the program is provocative enough, particularly when it is meant to solve a type of crime that is extremely rare (link opens the PDF version of a US government report).
This, from an uncritical piece in a local paper, south of Boston:
The program, MY C.H.I.P., Masonic Youth Childhood Identification Program, is free. Each kit includes fingerprints, tooth impressions and a video recording of the child.Jon Bond, a lodge member, said each child stands before a screen with height markings and is asked a few questions while their responses are recorded on video.
via Parents can get ID kits for children – Quincy, MA – The Patriot Ledger.
So what’s your point? Do you have any children? I would guess not. Even though stranger abductions are rare, it is any abduction that the ‘CHIP kit’ can be used for. The data is transfered to a form that can be used in most police organizations to get the word out as fast as possible in case of abduction, no matter who took the child. If you were a parent, you should understand how terrifying that is.
I can never understand what this “free” program garners so much negativity. Remember an ounce of prevention….
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