Category Archives: EdTech Tyranny

Parents: Don’t Let Your Kids Carry Chips into Pinellas Schools!

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Harmonica

Pinellas County Schools, Florida, just announced a pilot for two AI “weapons detection systems” starting in Spring 2026. This means students are going to be surveilled by an AI machine for weapons, and mathematical formulas could trigger on non-existent weapons—kids … Continue reading →

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Public Schools: A Massive For-Profit Surveillance Operation

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Harmonica

Schools surveil and collect data on children without your informed consent. School districts vary with respect to their Education Technology (EdTech) heavy handedness; but in my opinion one EdTech application is too many—it is data collection at risk of breach. … Continue reading →

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BREACHED: Hillsborough Schools (FL) Seventh Largest School District in USA

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Harmonica

On August 31, the country’s seventh largest school district sent correspondence to not all parents about a cybersecurity incident. Very little data is trickling out about what happened. Thirteen days later Hillsborough Schools has still not revealed when the malicious … Continue reading →

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Surveillance and EdTech Tyranny

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Harmonica

The public comments below were delivered at the Hillsborough County School Board Meeting on November 16, 2021: Privacy is a human right and essential to freedom.  Today you propose a $2.5M contract for a Camera and Access Control system.  These … Continue reading →

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Hillsborough Schools Blocks Girls’ Shot at Basketball

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Harmonica

The public comments below were delivered at the Hillsborough County School Board Meeting on November 2, 2021: Privacy is a human right and essential to freedom. BigTech snoops in your personal matters in ways you are unaware. But you are … Continue reading →

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