NY's Lockport City school district has begun implementing a controversial surveillance system with facial recognition software and a tool to identify guns
Installed in the wake of recent high-profile mass shootings, controversial facial recognition systems that scan students' faces … Tweets: @evanselinger , @motherboard , @nyclu , @torproject , and @jason_koebler Tweets: Evan Selinger / @evanselinger : In case you were wondering, this is what an apologist for facial recognition creep sounds like. CEO admits students are scared of his ed-tech surveillance but persists b/c “everyone is doing this” & he can't fight “natural laws of evolution.” cc: @hartzog http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... @motherboard : Installed in the wake of recent high-profile mass shootings, controversial facial recognition systems that scan students' faces could be in the future: http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... @nyclu : The Smart Schools Bond Act (SSBA) provides funds to improve educational tech and infrastructure in NY schools. Lockport school district used $3 million of its SSBA award on invasive, unproven facial recognition technology. That's $550 per student. http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... @torproject : “The serious lack of familiarity with cybersecurity displayed... speaks volumes about the district's lack of preparation to safely store and collect biometric data on the students, parents and teachers who pass through its schools every day” http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : An upsetting and all-too-timely piece about widespread school surveillance systems installed in the wake of mass shootings, by @roseveleth http://motherboard.vice.com/ ...