<story><title>Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under constant surveillance</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/dec/02/school-surveillance-us-schools-safety-shootings</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rahuldottech</author><text>THIS IS NOT OKAY.&lt;p&gt;We can&amp;#x27;t have children being used to constant surveillance and accepting this as a part of life. It sets them up for so many problems in the future, where they won&amp;#x27;t understand the serious implications of constant tracking and surveillance.&lt;p&gt;And sure, nothing &lt;i&gt;too&lt;/i&gt; bad comes out of this stuff right now in most of the world, but have you seen China? The minute a government decides to do so, all that data that&amp;#x27;s been collected on you your whole life will be used against you to give you a flawed AI-generated social &amp;quot;score&amp;quot; that determines what you can or cannot do, or to determine whether or not you&amp;#x27;re a &amp;quot;threat&amp;quot; (see: someone who speaks out against wrongdoings) to such a government.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>balabaster</author><text>The flip side of the coin is that kids learn from a very early age what it takes to slip past the surveillance net. The smart ones watch everyone around them get caught for infractions. Taking note. Quietly gathering data. Towing the line, purposely being caught for the occasional minor infraction so as not to appear too good to be true. Until one day, they disappear from prison in the middle of a storm and take the entire foreman&amp;#x27;s investment portfolio with them.&lt;p&gt;Oh wait, I think there was a movie about this...</text></comment>
<story><title>Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under constant surveillance</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/dec/02/school-surveillance-us-schools-safety-shootings</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rahuldottech</author><text>THIS IS NOT OKAY.&lt;p&gt;We can&amp;#x27;t have children being used to constant surveillance and accepting this as a part of life. It sets them up for so many problems in the future, where they won&amp;#x27;t understand the serious implications of constant tracking and surveillance.&lt;p&gt;And sure, nothing &lt;i&gt;too&lt;/i&gt; bad comes out of this stuff right now in most of the world, but have you seen China? The minute a government decides to do so, all that data that&amp;#x27;s been collected on you your whole life will be used against you to give you a flawed AI-generated social &amp;quot;score&amp;quot; that determines what you can or cannot do, or to determine whether or not you&amp;#x27;re a &amp;quot;threat&amp;quot; (see: someone who speaks out against wrongdoings) to such a government.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>raxxorrax</author><text>I think part of the problem of polarization is distrust in the respective other political isle. Constant surveillance and constant crises are probably key drivers here.&lt;p&gt;Some say it benefits security, but I think the calculation is flawed. You will never get engaged citizens in a open-air prison. People implementing these policies should be deeply ashamed of themselves.</text></comment>