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      3 days ago

      “No U?” Brilliant.

      Nobody else failed to insert my comment, bub.

      You should try answering the question I’ve asked you twice now. It’ll help you understand what you misread before.

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            “ I give my private number to all my students, so they can text me if they’re late for class.”

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              Good job identifying the significant sentence! Can you explain what that means? In your own words, what information would the professor be collecting?

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                None.

                If I give you my number, do I magically have your number? No! So what data does the professor have.

                If I tell you I live at 123 Main Street, that doesn’t mean I know where you live.

                Now it’s your turn to explain yourself what data specifically the professor is collecting.

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                  If you carefully read the second part of the sentence, you’ll see that the professor is collecting the information of which students will be late to class.

                  Where are you getting the idea that the professor is collecting phone numbers?

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                    Yes. He is asking for that information. Similar to how a job asks for that information.

                    Is your job “collection that information”? Are you paranoid that they’re going to fire you? Time for a new job?

                    Or are you worried that this is going on their “Permanent record” that doesn’t exisit.

                    What is the concern that the professor is asking people to let the professor know when they’ll be late?

                    If the paranoia is about data collection, go worry about the government and metadata collection or flock and their blatant mass surveillance. One professor with a text thread at some college is not mass surveillance.