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School Installs Biometric Fingerprint System For Cafeteria
An anonymous reader writes with news about a school in England that has introduced a cashless cafeteria system that is raising some privacy concerns among some. Stourbridge students will soon be able to pay for their lunch without searching their pockets for change. Redhill School has spent £20,000 updating its dining facilities and introducing a cashless catering system. The system will allow parents to deposit funds into students catering accounts, to be debited by the pupil's biometric fingerprint scan at the point of sale. Headteacher Stephen Dunster said: "The benefits are that pupils are less likely to lose cash, parents know their children are using their dinner money to buy nutritious food and there will also be a system to alert staff if students are purchasing food that they may be allergic to."
Now bullies are going to beat them up to take their fingerprints. That might be less fun.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
All kids require... what kind of socialist nanny state bull is that?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
it takes longer because they have to route the data from the fingerprint scanner through the local FBI office to check for people on the no-cafeteria list.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!