Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
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Re: Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
#2it is arguable that an entire generation of Western adolescents has been traumatized by social media, so why stop there? next up, elementary school
Re: Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
#3This should probably link directly to the article: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/sweden-stockholm-school-app-...
Re: Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
#4Schools should NOT have applications, what a mistake
Re: Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
#5Funny that they were so concerned about GDPR violations given that in Sweden everyone's address/job/phone/salary is public and easily accessible. I like it that every time a foreigner joins my company (I live in Sweden) it's a matter of time before they post a message in our Stockholm channel saying "guys... what the hell is this website and why am I in it?". Then the swedes mention that they see nothing wrong with it while the foreigners playfully call them crazy. Every single time.
Re: Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
#6Funny that they were so concerned about GDPR violations given that in Sweden everyone's address/job/phone/salary is public and easily accessible. I like it that every time a foreigner joins my company (I live in Sweden) it's a matter of time before they post a message in our Stockholm channel saying "guys... what the hell is this website and why am I in it?". Then the swedes mention that they see nothing wrong with i…
Salary? How could that being public serve the public's interest? As a privacy advocate that does pique my curiosity.
Re: Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
#7> The work started at the end of November 2020, just days after Stockholm’s Board of Education was hit with a 4 million SEK ($456,658) GDPR fine for “serious shortcomings” in the Skolplattform. Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, Sweden’s data regulator, had found serious flaws in the platform that had exposed the data of hundreds of thousands of parents, children, and teachers. In some cases, people’s personal information could be accessed from Google searches. (The flaws have since been fixed and the fine reduced on appeal.)
$400K sounds like nothing when it comes to something this serious, but then the fine also got reduced? Reduced to what I wonder, and for what?
Re: Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
#8> In some cases, people’s personal information could be accessed from Google searches.
SEO providers should take a note here.
> It warned parents to stop using the app and alleged that it might be illegally accessing people’s personal information
If your API allows data extraction, it probably isn't a fault of any client. Perhaps they meant that creators could steal credentials. A problem with any software.
I think this digital child managing system sounds moderately dystopian to be honest. I would have hated to give my parents access to anything like this. Kids will of course learn from how their parents behave...
An open API is a must in my opinion, but the rest of the App should be open source too.
That said, I don't really see the Swedish strategy as a model for other countries to follow. You don't need to give children chromebooks to learn. These are skills they have already mastered far better than their parents. They will learn about domain specific apps and there are indeed some really good ones, but such platform can also limit creativity because they are essentially sandpits. Depending on age that might be appropriate, but kids may have greater ambitions than their parents.
Re: Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
#9Schools should NOT have applications, what a mistake
Could you go into more detail on why you think this?
Re: Stockholm parents built their own school app, then the city called the cops
#10it is arguable that an entire generation of Western adolescents has been traumatized by social media, so why stop there? next up, elementary school
I can’t find any the information in the article that describes or suggests social media functionality. Do you have any information on this?