You Steer-ed into some potential trouble there
Exclusive A British firm whose mobile apps monitor the mental state of 35,000 British schoolchildren is having to rewrite them after researchers found hardcoded login credentials within.
"Tracking steering biases is a pioneering technique developed by STEER using AI to identify patterns of bias linked to mental health risks in 10,000 test students," burbles the company's website.
Steer, a trading name of Mind.World Ltd, claims to have 150 subscribing schools. Included within the customer list on its website are British public schools such as Charterhouse, Fettes College, Oundle School and Wellington College.
Children enrolled in one of Steer's apps are labelled as red, amber or green depending on how it grades their mental health in response to questionnaires they fill out.
Its flagship tech, deployed under the brands AS Tracking and CAS Tracking, are ..
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