Welcome, Freshmen. Have an iPod

Today's article in the technology section of the NYTimes.

Welcome, Freshmen. Have and iPod.

For real!?

I mean, in a weird sense, it's a tracking device. They even mention it in the very beginning of the article. If you they have the iPod, then we (the school) can track where you are. It's kind of nice for emergency situations, especially if you're like my lovely school, Stanford, and are testing out a new Alert System for emergencies (they sent us an email earlier yesterday about a power outage... I have this weird feeling that they did it on purpose, the power outage, that is).

Let's get everyone a free Apple iPhone iPod Touch. That's a lot of i's.

I'm just waiting for scarier things for Apple to make and colleges to try to integrate into their campuses...

Pretty soon, privacy will be a thing of the past and whatever free item we get from school will come with a GPS tracking system, a security camera, and a weight and food monitor to ensure that you don't get the Freshmen 15.

yikes.