A college deploys Artificial Intelligence (AI) facial-recognition cameras without clearly informing students or employees. Which concern most directly challenges the legitimacy of the arrangement under Social Contract Theory?

### Why this is right Social Contract Theory asks whether community members could reasonably accept the rules in exchange for protection. Deploying monitoring without clear information weakens that basis because affected people cannot understand the limits, risks, or conditions of the supposed agreement. ### The concept A college may claim that surveillance supports safety, but the bargain also needs clear responsibilities and protection for students and employees. Facial recognition collects biometric information, and behavioural monitoring can track movement or activity. Attendance at an institution does not by itself mean that people have surrendered all privacy. Transparency, accountability, fair treatment, and safeguards help determine whether the policy is defensible. ### The other options - **B. The cameras necessarily improve every security outcome.** The material identifies possible benefits, but also technical, security, social, and governance risks. - **C. Students have agreed to surrender all privacy simply by attending the college.** Membership does not establish blanket consent or remove privacy interests. - **D. Any use of technology is incompatible with shared rules.** The theory evaluates the terms and fairness of rules, not technology as such. ### Terms - **Facial recognition**: Technology that analyzes facial images to identify or compare people. - **Biometric information**: Data based on physical or behavioural characteristics that can be used to recognize a person. ### Remember Institutional membership is not blanket consent to surveillance.