[liberationtech] Hey kids, welcome to the panopticon!

[Richard Brooks]

>> And, of course, university
>> administrations are not the only people tracking the poor kids: 
>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/22/dont-leave-campus-parents-are-now-using-tracking-apps-watch-their-kids-college/
> 
> I had not yet read this one, but WOW!
> 
>>From the article: "
> “Because my parents don’t track me with the intention of micromanaging
> me, but for safety, I don’t have an issue with it,” Cameron Baird told
> The Post via text.
> "
> 
> Safety from /what/ exactly? And how, how does this 'protect' you in any
> way, shape, or form?
> How afraid are these people? I wonder what it must be like in their head...
> 

I think the end goal is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347281801145