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What happened to good old fucking smart cards?

• mattowen_uk 5y ago
  When my daughter was at school several years ago, they rolled-out biometric fingerprint scanning for school meal payment. I steadfastly refused to let her be enrolled as I didn't feel that a child could give informed consent on their unique biometrics being stored and shared. She ended up having to use a NFC smart card instead, and wasn't the only pupil to do so (although it was in single-digits in a 1,000 pupil strong school).
• Aromasin 5y ago
  This is the most baffling part for me too. Why can't they simply use a pre-paid card that they can scan to pay for their lunch. It's a simply problem with an even simpler solution. This reeks of a scummy consulting firm overselling the school.
• Jensson 5y ago
  Because cards doesn't spy on people? England is a China level surveillance state, the spying is a feature and not a problem. https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-08-14/the-top-10-most-surveilled-cities-in-the-world https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-08-14/the-t...
• fredley 5y ago
  Someone at the facial recognition company persuaded someone at the school that it would help cut bullying as smart cards can be stolen, faces cannot (so easily).
• desas 5y ago
  The people who opt out get a smart card. The pitch will be something like smart cards can be lost or stolen, faces can't.