Planet Biometrics reports: A California school has dropped plans to add facial recognition as an added level of security to student’s tablets, citing incompatibility issues. Encinitas school district Superintendent Tim Baird said the plan has been was cancelled because the technology didn’t work with all iPad programs. Read more on Planet Biometrics. So it…
Category: Youth & Schools
Impero threatens researcher for exposing security holes
Concerned about the security of student information? If so, this should infuriate you: A researcher who exposed security flaws in tools used to monitor the Internet usage of UK students has been hit with a copyright complaint. ‘Slipstream’ discovered flaws in Impero Education Pro which could reveal the personal details of thousands of pupils but…
Christian school accused of victimizing 10-year-old transgender girl
Ginger Gorman reports: These days it’s not politically correct to immediately comment on a little girl’s looks. But when Olivia* shows me a photo of her 10-year-old daughter Charlotte*, there’s no other word for it. She’s pretty. In the photo, Charlotte’s hair is pulled back off her face revealing shining eyes that catch the colour of…
Keep Body Cameras Off Public-School Educators
Conor Friedersdorf writes: Throughout the United States, police officers are beginning to wear body cameras. Should principals in America’s public-school systems follow their example? The stakes are high. Americans who spend their childhoods in schools where all interactions are recorded for review are likely to regard constant surveillance outside the home as normal. Alas, the…