Chinese schools are using ‘smart uniforms’ to track their students’ locations

guest · Dec 28, 2018

Chinese schools are using ‘smart uniforms’ to track their students’ locations
It’s as dystopian as it sounds
December 28, 2018
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/28/18159042/chinese-schools-smart-uniforms-track-student-location

Chinese schools are now tracking the exact location of their students using chip-equipped “smart uniforms” in order to encourage better attendance rates, according to a report from state-run newspaper The Global Times (via The Telegraph).

Each uniform has two chips in the shoulders which are used to track when and where the students enter or exit the school, with an added dose of facial recognition software at the entrances to make sure that the right student is wearing the right outfit (so you can’t just have your friend, say, wear an extra shirt while you go off and play hooky). Try to leave during school hours? An alarm will go off.

There are additional features, too, according to a report from The Epoch Times: the chips can apparently detect when a student has fallen asleep in class, and allow students to make payments (using additional facial or fingerprint recognition to confirm the purchase).
Although, according to Lin Zongwu, “We choose not to check the accurate location of students after school.”
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