> Personally I would not be opposed to facial recognition in school and I don't think there is any expectation of privacy in schools. I disagree for a number o

> Personally I would not be opposed to facial recognition in school and I don't think there is any expectation of privacy in schools. I disagree for a number of reasons. First of all, we are dealing with children that are largely under 18, and are not able to provide consent to be monitored. As such, I think we should tread very carefully, with a tendency towards violating their privacy as little as is possible. I'm not convinced that the problems facial recognition will solve are prevalent enough to warrant foisting an extremely invasive monitoring system upon people who cannot reasonably consent to that monitoring system. Additionally, school is legally mandated. Even if the children were of age to consent, their consent is effectively void because of coercion. They do not have the option to say "no" unless they can afford to pay for a private school. I don't think "privacy for the rich, state surveillance for the poor" is a good paradigm. I understand where you're coming from, keeping kids safe is important. But I think it's important to remember that even though they're kids, they should have rights, and it's up to the rest of us to protect them.