After Dobbs, Advocates Fear School Surveillance Tools Could Put Teens at Risk – The Markup
date linked: 8 July 2022
source: link to article, from themarkup.org
I’ve seen a number of headlines about how a post-Dobbs world changes the game for online privacy, but this is the first one that I sat down to read. School surveillance software is scary enough without this possibility, so let’s not make it worse. I can’t believe that this software gives schools any benefits that outweigh the heavy cost to students’ privacy.
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