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      29 days ago

      You say “the last time this happened” as if this wasn’t a generalized trend across all schooling for the past decade or so.

      Out of the tens of thousands of schools implementing systems like this, I’m not surprised that one had some letch who was spying on kids via webcam.

      And I’m all for having increased forms of oversight and protection to prevent that kind of abuse.

      But this argument is just as much of a “won’t someone think of the children” as the opposite. Just cause one school out of thousands did a bad thing, doesn’t mean the tech is worthless or bad.

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        29 days ago

        Like any tool, the tech is fine. It’s the people using them that have been shown to be irresponsible. Therefore, we should not allow use of these tools.

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          29 days ago

          That argument could be expanded to any tool though.

          People run people over with cars or drive drunk. Ban cars?

          People use computers to distribute CP. Ban computers?

          People use baseball bats to bludgeon people to death. Ban baseball?

          The question of if a tool should be banned is driven by if its utility is outweighed by the negative externalities of use by bad actors.

          The answer is wildly more nuanced than “if it can hurt someone it must be banned.”

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            29 days ago

            The utility of these tools does not outweigh their misuse.

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              29 days ago

              That is what we’re debating, yes.

              If it could be conclusively proven that a system like this has saved a child’s life, would that benefit outweigh the misuse?

              If not, how many children’s lives would it need to save for it to outweigh the misuse?