District denies enrollment to child based on license plate reader data (opens in new tab)

(theregister.com)

24 pointsgoplayoutside12d ago9 comments

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    the district repeatedly denied enrollment after citing license plate
    recognition data that it said showed her vehicle appearing overnight
    at Chicago addresses

Every bit of surveillance that can be leveraged against us, will be eventually. The drive to surveil us has a lot of overlap with addiction.

ChrisArchitect11d ago

[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47351239

MagicMoonlight12d ago

Good. Too many people are willing to do insane shit like renting a house and leaving it empty just to get their kid in a school they don’t live near.

AngryData12d ago

If they are paying rent for a house that money is going into property taxes which is paying for their enrollment.

killingtime7412d ago

If they can buy a house and leave it empty they can buy a car and leave it empty.

theendisney12d ago

The real problem is that plates disclose any information. It was a useful fearure 30 years ago.

Like for example what business do people have learning how new your car is? Some even buy a new car to avoid the badge of shame.

Why do i need to know when your registration expires?

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SilverElfin12d ago

Why is a school district spending huge amounts of money on this software - why does it even care where the students are? And secondly, why are they violating the privacy of students and parents? This is outrageous.

don_neufeld12d ago

It’s actually a real problem because of how we fund schools - with local tax dollars.

I’ve seen someone try to claim their ownership of an empty lot as the basis for getting their children into a better school district.

It’s a mess.

nomel12d ago

I personally know two families who use their grandparents address to get into a better school district.

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