Apparently, a high school in a pretty wealthy district issued laptops to all their students with the ability to turn the webcam on and off remotely, and didn't tell the kids. When kids asked the school tech guy why the webcam light turns on and off randomly, he replied that it was a glitch or it had something to do with people logging on and off. So the story blew up when the vice principal decided to discipline a student for "improper behavior" in the kid's own home and showed a photo taken by the laptop's webcam as proof. Creepy much? So far, the school has admitted that they have the ability to spy on kids via the issued laptops in their homes, but denies any wrongdoing.
From what I can tell, this has to violate federal wiretapping laws, the constitutional right to "reasonable expectations of privacy" in one's home, and even child pornagraphy laws. I really hope the people who implemented, defended and covered for this get put away for a really, really long time.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/17/school-used-student.html
1 comment:
I'm in shock. That is really disgusting and just WRONG! I can't see any justification for this whatsoever.
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