09.08.2021 - 10:48 [ Techdirt.com ]

Mass Biometric Scanning Of Students Is COVID-19‘s Latest Dystopian Twist

(25.08.2020)

As the EFF reports, testing is now being overseen by Professor Big Brother and his many, many eyes. All of this is in place just to keep students from cheating on tests:

„Recorded patterns of keystrokes and facial recognition supposedly confirm whether the student signing up for a test is the one taking it; gaze-monitoring or eye-tracking is meant to ensure that students don’t look off-screen too long, where they might have answers written down; microphones and cameras record students’ surroundings, broadcasting them to a proctor, who must ensure that no one else is in the room.“

Mass biometric surveillance has finally come home.