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University Gives Away iPhones To Curb Truancy

Posted by timothy on from the give-me-lobster-and-I-won't-skip-dinner dept.

Norsefire writes "A Japanese University is giving away iPhones to its students to use the phones' GPS functionality to catch students who skip classes. The University claims students currently fake attendance by having other students answer for them during rollcall, they also said that while this can be abused by giving other students the phone, they are much less likely to do this due to the personal information, such as email, a phone generally contains."

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  1. Not hard to circumvent. by genner · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Dude hold my phone and let me borrow your notes after class.
    People signed each others names on the attendence sheet all the time at my college.

  2. Re:There is always an easier solution... by Mr.+Freeman · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This thread is a discussion and discussions entail the presentation of opinions. By your logic, no one should express their opinion because "it won't change reality".
    Neither will yours, so by your logic you should STFU as well.

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