[net-gold] Moronia: US School District Admits That Student Laptops Were Shipped with Software for Covertly Activating Their Webcams, But Denies Wrong Doing
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- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:18:24 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:35:47 -0700 (MST)
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Moronia: US School District Admits That Student Laptops
Were Shipped with Software for Covertly Activating Their Webcams,
But Denies Wrong Doing
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Moronia: US School District Admits
That Student Laptops Were Shipped
with Software for Covertly Activating
Their Webcams, But Denies Wrong Doing
US school district admits use of student
laptop webcams to spy on them at school
and home.
<http://ow.ly/19792>
#privacy #rights
According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v
Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the
laptops issued to high-school students in the
well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that
can be covertly activated by the schools'
administrators, who have used this facility to
spy on students and even their families.
The issue came to light when the Robbins's child
was disciplined for "improper behavior in his
home" and the Vice Principal used a photo taken
by the webcam as evidence.
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