A Boring Dystopia

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Schools in America apparently have their own army recruiter (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] devnull406@lemmy.world 24 points 10 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 10 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 10 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.