#Electronic Frontier Foundation

On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers of 100,000 elementary and secondary teachers. In a press conference this morning, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) said fixing the flaw could cost the state $50 million, and vowed his administration would seek to prosecute and investigate the "hackers" and anyone who aided the publication in its "attempt to embarrass the state and sell headlines for their news outlet."

A recent report from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), reveals that parents and teachers have learned to accept surveillance in schools. Categories: Privacy Tags: American Civil Liberties Union CDT Center for Democracy & Technology Center for Learner Equity CIPA EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation Elizabeth Laird Gennie Gebhart K-12 Mona Wang school surveillance surveillance harm surveillance tech *( Read more... ( https://blog.malwarebytes.com/privacy-2/2021/09/parents-and-teachers-believe-digital-surveillance-of-kids-outweighs-risks/ ) )* The post Parents and teachers believe digital surveillance of kids outweighs risks appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.