I don’t know if there’s been any real security audit of this app, but I do love seeing teens focused on developing privacy tools. Gary Haber reports: A high school student with a cellphone can get into a lot of trouble. A hastily sent Facebook post or Twitter message can last forever and come back to bite someone when they’re…
Category: Youth & Schools
Is it OK to spy on your kids? How about other people’s kids?
WISH in Indianapolis recently reported: As kids get older, they will likely ask you for social media accounts and a cell phone. As their parent, you might agree to it as long as you can monitor what they’re doing. But when does ‘monitoring’ cross the line into spying? And do kids have a right to…
Student Privacy at Risk Absent Better Training for All
Daniel R. Stoller reports: As toddlers and teenagers increasingly use Internet-connected devices and applications for school, parents should worry that companies delivering the educational material may also be collecting, without consent and proper safeguards, sensitive information about student performance and health status, lawmakers and industry analysts say. Read more on Bloomberg Law.
Kansas Law Would Pay Children Who Out Trans Students
From the seriously-how-fucked-up-are-Kansas-lawmakers? dept. Steve Williams reports: Kansas senators have passed a bill that would essentially reward children for reporting trans kids who use certain restrooms and changing facilities. […] The bills – Senate Bill 513 and House Bill 2737 – collectively known as the “Student Physical Privacy Act,” allege that a “natural” concern over student privacy exists. The act would dictate that students…