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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] devnull406@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My child's high school sent a letter home asking for permission to share his information and transcripts with military recruiters.

[–] Grilipper54@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Highschools ask for the students cellphone numbers? I'm out of touch, I graduated before everybody had a cellphone. What do they need the students numbers for?

[–] PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 8 months ago

The school published a book of students and parents at my school, with addresses and phone numbers for both. Privacy has been shit upon for years longer than you'd imagine.