American schools gave kids laptops during the pandemic. Then they spied on them | Jessa Crispin
www.theguardian.com
According to one survey, 81% of teachers in America said their schools monitor devices. Students are not always aware

Students are not always aware.

    • newmou [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Guessing they got rid of that because execs and managers are the most inattentive people

      • cawsby [he/him]
        ·
        3 years ago

        It was from schools, if memory serves.

        It was flagging people with ADHD and Autism constantly.

        • crime [she/her, any]
          ·
          3 years ago

          Lmao of course. I have both and was one of the most attentive students and even best participators in some of my classes that had more of a lecture format — because I always used those classes to do my homework for other classes. I needed more stimulation than just sitting and listening, and if it looks like I'm paying attention I'm using 100% of my focus on making it look like I'm paying attention lol

  • emizeko [they/them]
    ·
    3 years ago

    hey remember that scandal where a school district was recording high schoolers at their homes?

    School authorities surreptitiously and remotely activated webcams embedded in school-issued laptops the students were using at home. After the suit was brought, the school district, of which the two high schools are part, revealed that it had secretly taken more than 66,000 images.
    [...]
    Without telling its students, the schools remotely accessed their school-issued laptops to secretly take pictures of students in their own homes, their chat logs, and records of the websites they visited. The school then transmitted the images to servers at the school, where school authorities reviewed them and shared the snapshots with others. In one widely published photo, the school had photographed Robbins in his bed.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School_District​

    EDIT: hexbear is fucking up the link somehow, try this

  • OhNoSamSeder [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    Like most of them didn't already have smartphones spying on them.

    Welcome, my son, to the panopticon