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This article feels like it took hundreds of words to say nothing at all. The funniest part was the example of security cameras. What big breakthroughs are univ
by ghiculescu 4y ago
This article feels like it took hundreds of words to say nothing at all.
The funniest part was the example of security cameras. What big breakthroughs are universities hoping to achieve with this data?
- mistrial9 4y agosome industry players want to normalize facial recognition and location tracking
- jimlongton 4y agoI had to laugh at one of the authors being Christine L. Borgman. I'm sure all our data will be treated respectfully when fully integrated into their unaccountable profit-driven total surveillance system.
- nonrandomstring 4y agoThey're being pushed very hard from the supply side while lacking much push-back internally due to dwindling expertise and leadership. This 4 parter I wrote for Techrights [1] and the Times article that seeded it [2] go into detail. [1] http://techrights.org/2022/12/28/andy-farnell-on-british-universities/ http://techrights.org/2022/12/28/andy-farnell-on-british-uni... [2] https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/eliminating-harmful-digital-technologies-universities-guide https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/eliminating-harm...
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- foreverCarlos 4y agoSecurity cameras in universities seem to be accomplishing… nothing. I am getting very frequent emails (2-3 per week) from one of the top US universities with blurry unusable screenshots of perpetrators stealing items, breaking in, assaulting students, etc. Makes me think - should they not invest into better security instead?