Safety or invasion of privacy.

No, absolutely not. We should be able to be invisible.
We already have way too many cctv cameras and phone trackers etc.

Do you have Netflix?

If so, watch the Black Mirror episode, "Arkangel" from series 4. It deals with exactly this technology.

I hope they are found safe although the more time that goes by the less it looks likely such a tragedy but a chip is way too much of an invasion of rights to be able to ‘follow’ people how would an adult child ever have a private life. How would an abused wife (or husband) ever get away from their partner on the other hand criminals wouldn’t be able to say they weren’t where they were and children and old people could be found if lost

No, I do not agree with a chip, a compulsory tracking device.

I do hope that they are both found safe and well.

It was reported on our local news that one third of police time here is spent looking for missing people.
Most of course, go missing of their own free will, many turn up again or are found, but it is still distressing for family and friends when they do go missing - and repeat this regularly.

There is also a lad missing in Reading at the moment. Both students went missing on Thursday night after drinking. So sad. I hope and pray they can be found alive.

You cannot track a pet through its ID chip, only scan it when found.

Does the technology exist to actually track someone or something through another type of ‘chip’? I think not, but happy to be proved wrong. If so I might get one so that when I wander off from the Care Home I can be returned.

The technology exists to do this already, but it's a huge step too far for me. People of ill will can be relied upon to outwit even the smartest of technology, as has already been demonstrated by the removal of ID chips in expensive pets that have been stolen, so I do not think this will routinely be done. (I hope not anyway.)

I do however feel deeply for the family and friends of the young woman who is missing.

I'm on the fence about it.
I can see how much it could help with tracing people, but, its very 'Big Brother'.

My husband thinks this will be done routinely in the not too distant future. More for identification purposes than location.
My granddaughter's Uni accomodation is not far from the missing girl's home, its very worrying.