Privacy Experts Say The Trade-Offs Of Intrusive Surveillance Tech To Track Kids In School Aren’t Worth It

Posted By: Mark Taylor August 29, 2019

“Simply said, this system allows us to have real-time eyes on 18,000 cameras in Miami/Dade County public schools.”

[Editor’s Note: Never mind all those military grade guns flooding our communities. So what if some innocent kid goofing around — like the 10th grader profiled — has his future destroyed. Just like the lives of innocents, the privacy and future of kids will be sacrificed to coddle gun slingers, shooters and the gun making corporations profitting off the death of school kids. — Mark L. Taylor]

All Things Considered / NPR (8/26/190

The use of tech to track and police our kids in school is growing and privacy experts say the trade-offs aren’t worth it.

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