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Kindergarten Cams: Sensible Surveillance or Crossing the Line?
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Parents have been understandably nervous after last year's alarming spate of schoolyard assaults so it's small wonder that some schools are looking to capitalize. The China Daily reports that a kindergarten in Chongqing is pushing a pilot program that will allow parents to monitor their kids in the classroom via online surveillance video:
"Most of the parents are connected to the Internet and do not mind coughing up monthly fees of 10-20 yuan ($1.5-$3) for the monitoring service, according to the headmaster of the kindergarten. The school has so far invested nearly 20,000 yuan on camera systems for five classrooms. Using the technology, the parents can log on to the website of the kindergarten with an authorized username and password from home or the office and watch the progress of their children at school."
