The controversy around New York public schools' strict cellphone policy is growing. "Although most school districts across the country ban the use of cellphones in the classroom, New York has for years been a notch stricter. It mandates that students not even have cellphones - or other electronic devices - in their pockets or backpacks," the Los Angeles Times reports. The ban was pretty much … [Read more...] about NYC schools’ tough phone rules
Archives for June 2006
Espionage/counterespionage at home
We hear about monitoring software in the online-safety space, but we don't read much about it *in context* - with the countersurveillance being done by kids. The Washington Post takes a very anecdotal look at both sides of the story. Monitoring digital natives is not easy. They know stuff: like changing the text and background on a monitor to blue and black "making it harder … to read the screen … [Read more...] about Espionage/counterespionage at home