Moorebank High School in the southwestern part of Sydney, Australia, has installed biometric touch pads to scan student’s fingerprints outside the restrooms if student’s wish to use them during class, in a bid to stop vandalism of the bathrooms and toilets.
‘The biometric technology was offered to the school by the education department to stop vandalism and anti-social behaviour in the school toilets,’ 9 News Australia reported.
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The school said in a statement to parents:
The use of this system is not compulsory. If students or parents prefer, students can also access the toilets during those times by obtaining an access card from the office.
The parent community was consulted about the new initiative at Moorebank High School via a community focus group. The decision to install the mechanism was ratified by this group on more than one occasion.
All parents were notified. The information was disseminated to parents via school newsletters and the minutes of community focus group meetings were also emailed to all parents.
Some parents are in favor:
The state of the bathrooms, you cant use a bathroom that is covered in urine and feces
Julia Scutella, a parent who is in favor of this move, and is apart of the school’s community focus group
Other parents are not so thrilled:
I’ve had my daughters finger print deleted, I rang the school straight away and told them to delete my daughter’s fingerprint, she’s not a criminal, you’ve taken my parents’ rights away because you didn’t consent me, no email, no nothing.
Kylie Anderson said
We haven’t had any sort of information on what’s going to happen, like, or asking parents to give permission.
Svjetlina Brajic said.
Privacy experts also weighed in:
Because it’s innately tied to our physical bodies, it’s not something you can readily change, if anything goes wrong with this information, then it can put these children at risk.
We really should be questioning, are we okay with students being monitored in this kind of way.
Samantha Floreani from Digital Rights Watch said
9 News added, ‘Moorebank High School isn’t the first school in NSW to use the technology, as other state schools have been using fingerprint scanning to monitor attendance for years.’
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AUTHOR COMMENTARY
[16] And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: [17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. [18] Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.Revelation 13:16-18
Yup, that’s right: you can’t even use the potty anymore without having to give up your fingerprint..
When I was in the school system, starting as far back as Kindergarten, they made us wear ID tags with names, faces, and barcodes to scan. They acted as a hall pass, library card, purchase meals, enter/exit buildings and rooms, and more. They programmed us from a very young age to rely on those ID tags.
In the case of this Australian school, students can use their ID cards instead. This is on par with what they had us do in my school corporation here in northern Indiana. I would fully expect these fingerprint scanners to expand to schools all over the world, along with iris and facial scanners. Gotta get ’em ready for the mark and cashless world order.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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NWO Elitists and the Vatican: the Antichrist is coming, let’s prepare them while they’re young. Let’s not only make it cool, hip, and trendy, but let’s also use it as means to prevent criminal behavior, and don’t forget our favorite scapegoat: safety.
when they shall say peace and safety….
Off-topic, Jacob, I just saw that your Youtube channel has been terminated.
Yeah I know. I am working on getting it reinstated, but I doub’t I’ll get it back. I’ve been out of the office these past couple days. I’ll make an update on it soon
I hope you’ll find a more suitable platform for your videos. Youtube is useful, but the people running the site are repulsive. Letting idiotic, offensive and wicked content linger there like bad stains. Bitter for sweet, evil for good, darkness for light. Sickening.