More Wi-Fi hotspots for Phuket as plan to tag tourists mulled

[Cranky]

Is anyone actually giving serious comments to this banal nonsensical tosh?

[thaibeachlovers]

19 minutes ago, BigC said:

i cant help  but believe this is for selling to to corporations or someone shall be making a fortune supplying these electronic tags

 

or this is fake news which wouldn’t surprise me 

You nailed it with first sentence, and for selling the data for advertising.

 

Not fake news, which is the really scary thing. They can't try it in western countries because of privacy laws, but in LOS ......................................................................

[thaibeachlovers]

25 minutes ago, Surasak said:

Big brother is alive and well, 1984 all over again.

Not so. Big Brother only dreamed about technology like this.

[CanuckThai]

Maybe cheaper, and employ more Thai's to tattoo all people entering the kingdom....

 

[PAIBKK]

Tourists in Phuke-it are treated the same way as criminals on the loose. 

Both can be tracked down by GPS.

 

[Bantex]

Is it 1st April already ???

[sandrew33]

20 hours ago, Regyai said:

When will these draconian control freaks realise

 

that great swathes of the developed world  have none of this ID card, registered address etc nonsense

 

and its people find the concept of a proposal such as this to be anathema

 

Welcome to the Chinese century. These guys think this stuff is reasonable 

[tandor]

21 hours ago, johng said:

Sounds like a TV series

Person of interest.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1839578/

..rename it Gilligans, Parole Island.

[HerbalEd]

Talk, talk, talk -- but it will never happen. 

[TMNH]

21 hours ago, Maejo Man said:

The public backlash would be so massive that this farce would be on the back burner before it ever got off the drawing board.

I question any Thai reasoning with the ultimatum.Good luck with tourism. Stupid is at stupid does.

[Humpy]

April 1st already ? 

[tandor]

8 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

Maybe cheaper, and employ more Thai's to tattoo all people entering the kingdom....

 

..big red dot between the eyes..oh already got those...hmm...what about one of those Nordic buffalo horn helmets.

[connda]

"This would be done for the sake of their safety."

 

 

Just like requiring criminals to where ankle monitors is 'for the sake of their safety' no doubt. 

[realenglish1]

This is a bad idea from inception No were else in the world do they track tourists like this Not even in Russia or Cuba

 

This is  1984 Once word gets out that the government wants to track people this way Tourists will stay away in droves

 

[bizboi]

They’ll wish they hadn't found out some tourists habits!!

 

…by the way will those parties of 138 Chinese tourists that all wander round following a flag have to wear them too.

 

At least if they do the authorities will know when they all try to get in the lift together!!

Edited March 18, 2018 by bizboi

[thaibeachlovers]

7 minutes ago, realenglish1 said:

This is  1984 Once word gets out that the government wants to track people this way Tourists will stay away in droves

I doubt the Chinese tour groups will complain, but I'll certainly be staying away from any part of LOS that think's it's OK to track non criminals.

[kenjinuk]

Do they realise how bulky these wristbands would be? Who would pay for the band ?    I would prefer a chip implant preferably with salt and vinegar  (haha)

 

[marqus12]

Soon soi dogs will be very useful for tourists !

[Satcommlee]

Is this practice run for 1st April?

[KamalaRider]

Anyone accepting being tagged must be out of their mind. 

DON'T GO TO PHUKET or Thailand on holiday, the only way to send Mr. PM the message that people from other countries aren't numbers.

[janpharma]

Why don't "tag" Prawit's expensive watches?  It might bring a lot of usefull infomation... and of course it could be tried out on all high officials ...

[juice777]

"This would be done for the sake of their safety." how dose it help there safely?

Classic

It won't happen but if it did I would be of that's for sure and Tourist numbers would be down 90% I reckon.

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[Lucky mike]

Maybe wear specially coloured t shirt it's "Alien" printed on it ?

[Stoker58]

Wrist bands? Why not ankle bands?

[Oziex1]

3 minutes ago, juice777 said:

"This would be done for the sake of their safety." how dose it help there safely?

Classic

It won't happen but if it did I would be of that's for sure and Tourist numbers would be down 90% I reckon.

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Of course it doesn't help safety as it is the reactive approach not the long overdue proactive solution sadly missing in Thailand.

[Fairynuff]

21 hours ago, CGW said:

The naivety here is surprising!

There’s a big difference between naivety and stupidity. In a normal country electronic tagging is done to people who have committed crimes not to tourists. 

[lucjoker]

They know already in witch hotel you sleep.......

and they have your phone number .....

if they need me ....just give me a ring.....

 

It is THEM.....the big mafia politicians ,who escape the country time after time .....those 

big shots need tracking bracelets .

[shavedPotter]

Their way of saying don't come here. I will give this about the same amount of time to blow up in their face as their last brilliant idea that blew up in their face.

[nickmondo]

Vietnam is looking good!

Getting fed up with being treated like a criminal here

 

[timber]

Don't see a problem.  Once you establish a buying and visitation pattern then the buyers and sellers can use that data to

track you down and help you make further choices.  Wives can find out where their husbands are and make sure the morality of the family is kept in tact.