Muhammad Saleem points me to this infographic on OnColleges.net: I like the “possibly unconstitutional” in the infographic. What part of the constitution do they think it may be violating to protect public safety in public spaces?
Category: Youth & Schools
Palm scanners get thumbs up in schools, hospitals
Brian Shane reports: At schools in Pinellas County, Fla., students aren’t paying for lunch with cash or a card, but with a wave of their hand over a palm scanner. “It’s so quick that a child could be standing in line, call mom and say, ‘I forgot my lunch money today.’ She’s by her computer,…
TX: Student Suspended for Refusing to Wear a School-Issued RFID Tracker
Well, we knew this was coming… David Kravets reports: A Texas high school student is being suspended for refusing to wear a student ID card implanted with a radio-frequency identification chip. Northside Independent School District in San Antonio began issuing the RFID-chip-laden student-body cards when the semester began in the fall. The ID badge has…
Parents, Teens, and Online Privacy
From the latest Pew Internet report: Most parents of teenagers are concerned about what their teenage children do online and how their behavior could be monitored by others. Some parents are taking steps to observe, discuss, and check up on their children’s digital footprints. A new survey of 802 parents and their teens shows that:…