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Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co... by Mirioron on Monday December 02, 2019 @09:52AM (#21682788)
I'm most upset by internet monitoring. If I had had access to school devices and it had monitoring then I wouldn't trust the school with anything, because they wouldn't trust me with anything.

Clear backpacks is such an absurd thing that I still find it difficult to believe that adult human beings came up with such an idea in the name of security. It's something I'd only ever expect to encounter in a novel about a dystopian future.

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Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co... by maze-le on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:23AM (#21683847)
Security Theater at its finest. If something happens they can always claim: "Look -- we did something -- it was utterly stupid and had no effect at all, but we did it, what else could we do?!?!"
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