This is turning into a religious war, with facial recognition being branded absolutely evil.
As I already wrote, I think that being able to locate pupils at all times is a legitimate concern for schools, and parents.
Certainly schools already work hard to achieve this especially with younger children.
I think facial recognition can bring real benefits without many drawbacks if used properly.
An effective blanked ban is not productive or based on reason.
> As I already wrote, I think that being able to locate pupils at all times is a legitimate concern for schools, and parents.
No, no. It's a want. Of course parents want to know where their children are 100% of the time, of course schools want to know where the students are 100% of the time, but children are people too.
Children have the right to lie and keep secrets from their parents. They have the right to privacy, they have the right not to be under automatic surveillance all the time, because they're not fucking prisoners or slaves.
Schools do have a duty of care and safety. They already do make a lot of efforts to know where their pupils are at all times, especially for younger children (obviously).
This is completely different from preventing children from having secrets and from affording them privacy.
I wish we could have a mature discussion on this and avoid hysterical terms and comparisons.
>As I already wrote, I think that being able to locate pupils at all times is a legitimate concern for schools, and parents.
Depends on the age, really. It goes from all the time for really young children, to "locate in a reasonable amount of time, if needed". How long that is depends on the comfort zone of the parents of course, but has to account for allowing children to develop, learn by themselves and grow, or else it's wrongful imprisonment to be honest.
By the way, the "being able to locate all the time" wasn't even the goal of the school. It was to take attendance.
As I already wrote, I think that being able to locate pupils at all times is a legitimate concern for schools, and parents. Certainly schools already work hard to achieve this especially with younger children.
I think facial recognition can bring real benefits without many drawbacks if used properly.
An effective blanked ban is not productive or based on reason.