Security staff at Edinburgh University have been accused of “intimidating” student protestors by threatening to use Wi-Fi data to identify them and “damage their careers”.
At a trans-rights protest last October, campus security allegedly told students occupying a lecture theatre that a Wi-Fi service called eduroam would be used to identify them.
Eduroam is a free, global WiFi service for university staff and students which can be used at academic institutions around the world.
In “exceptional circumstances” Edinburgh University can use the WiFi data for internal investigations, a freedom of information request has now revealed.
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