Alexis Hancock writes: Last year, several parents at EFF enrolled kids into daycare and were instantly told to download an application for managing their children’s care. Daycare and preschool applications frequently include notifications of feedings, diaper changes, pictures, activities, and which guardian picked-up/dropped-off the child—potentially useful features for overcoming separation anxiety of newly enrolled children…
Category: Youth & Schools
The Stolen Sip
A New York appellate court expunges a teen’s DNA sample, which was obtained by police who gave him a cup of water before taking it for DNA testing without his knowledge or consent. Read the ruling In the Matter of Francis O. Source: Courthouse News, via Joe Cadillic
FBI Phoenix Field Office Warns of Increase in Sextortion Schemes Targeting Young Boys
From the Phoenix FBI, originally published June 14, 2022: PHOENIX, AZ—Now that schools across Arizona are on summer break and young people have more unsupervised time online, the FBI Phoenix Field Office is warning parents and caregivers about an increase in incidents involving sextortion of young children. Across the country, the FBI is receiving an…
Mandatory Student Spyware Is Creating a Perfect Storm of Human Rights Abuses
Daly Barnett of EFF writes: Spyware apps were foisted on students at the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns. Today, long after most students have returned to in-person learning, those apps are still proliferating, and enabling an ever-expanding range of human rights abuses. In a recent Center for Democracy and Technology report, 81 percent of teachers said their schools…