One of the challenges that really intrigues me is when someone else gives your consent for something without either asking or often even realising. In some ways shadow profiles touches upon this, but the worst is DNA tests:
What do we do when other family members list you as related when they do family tree ancestry stuff? My large extended family lists us and I literally don't even have their phone numbers. Never talk to them.
— RelentlessNRecovery (@RelentlessNReco) September 23, 2019
It is also kind of funny how in education the discussions seems to be about banning smartphones. However, as you touch upon with microphones and wearables, we will not even know what is and is not being captured. A part of me thinks that as a teacher you need to be mindful of this.
What concerns me most are those who feel that we should make the capturing of biometric data standard.
We live in wicked times.
Wow, that’s a powerful comment, Aaron, made even more so by having read Audrey Watters’ latest HEWN immediately beforehand: https://hewn.substack.com/p/hewn-no-324
The thing which is missing from a lot of these discussions is the ‘why’ – as in ‘why do we need biometric data to make society more secure?’ and ‘why do we need venture capital in education?’
Sadly, money talks and people listen 🙁