University tracks students via free iPhones

The School of Social Informatics at Tokyo-based university Aoyama Gakuin gives students a free iPhone - but it comes with a catch. CrunchGear via IntoMobile reports.

The catch is that the iPhone will basically be used as a tracking device with which the university can control if its students are physically on campus or not (the main goal is to prevent cheating during roll calls).

But the phone will also be used for digital lectures (podcasts), doing homework and taking tests (Japan is the world’s leading mobile nation for a reason).

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