[Verdex]

I wonder if I should help my kids setup a server + webcam + screen capture tool so they can document 100% of their essay writing experience. That way if they ever get hit with a false positive they can just respond with hundreds of hours of video evidence that shows them as the unique author of every essay they've ever written.

[anotherjesse]

You will certainly have a lot of training video to create a "essay writing video generator" ml product

[causalmodels]

You could always teach them how to use git and have them commit frequently. Seems like it would be less intrusive than a webcam.

[Verdex]

Source control would certainly help establish a history of incrementally performing school work by someone when viewed by a highly technical examiner and when periodically stored someplace where a trusted 3rd party can confirm it wasn't all generated the night after a supposed false positive.

However, hundreds of hours of video is compelling to non-technical audiences and even more importantly is a preponderance of evidence that's going to be particularly damning if played in front of a PTA meeting.

With a git history it's going to come down to who can spin the better story. The video is the story and everyone recognizes it, so I expect fewer people would bother even challenging its authenticity.

[causalmodels]

I guess that's fair. I just personally don't think the additional gain is worth taking away your child's privacy.

[Verdex]

It's only taking away their privacy if they're falsely accused.

And properly used you might not even have to relinquish privacy if falsely accused. A quick montage video demo and a promise to show the full hundreds of hours of video of "irrefutable" proof to embarrass the school district at the next PTA meeting might be sufficient to get the appropriate response.

[tshaddox]

You could still cheat quite easily and inexpensively with an earpiece, as long as you know how to write down what you hear.

[Verdex]

It's about building a narrative. Yeah, you could still cheat, but who would go through the effort of generating hundreds of hours of fake videos proving yourself innocent. For that amount of effort you might as well have done the work yourself.

Of course there are some people who put insane amounts of effort into not doing "real" work. However, anyone trying to prove that your child is in that position is going to find themselves in an uphill battle.

Which is the ultimate goal here. Make people realize that falsely accusing my children using dubious technology is going to be a lot more work than just giving up and leaving them alone.