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Your response applies equally to a world where every kid has their own privacy-enabled, perfectly secure free software phone with data monitored and occasionall
by jancsika 7y ago
Your response applies equally to a world where every kid has their own privacy-enabled, perfectly secure free software phone with data monitored and occasionally transmitted by an AI agent that is programmed jointly by the child and a technically-minded parent.
Meanwhile, the article is about third-party data slurpers sitting in between the school and the Chromebooks that are supplied to a captive audience of millions of minors. The tradeoff here isn't between security and freedom. It's between whatever security the third-party claims to deliver and the risks from what the third-party actually does with the data to turn a profit. We have to gain insight into that fundamental question before we can begin reflect on your point.