School Accused of Secretly Spying on Students Through Laptop Webcams - http://mashable.com/2010...
        
        
          Feb 19, 2010
          
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              Wow.
               - Keith Coleman
            
          
        
          
            
              Wow.
               - Keith Coleman
            
          
        
          
            
              thats crazy - "The plaintiff, Blake J. Robbins, was disciplined by the school for “improper behavior in his home.” The evidence of said impropriety was brought forth by the school vice principal, who displayed a photo of Robbins taken by the laptop’s webcam." - any idea what they tried to discipline him for?
               - bob
            
          
        
          
            
              Robbie: no, that information was withheld for privacy reasons.
               - Gabe
            
          
        
          
            
              Update: "Lower Merion officials acknowledged Friday that they remotely activated webcams 42 times in the past 14 months, but only to find missing student laptops. They insist they never did so to spy on students [...] Families were not informed of the possibility the webcams might be activated in their homes in the paperwork students sign when they get the computers without their permission district spokesman Doug Young said." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...
               - Simon
            
          
        
          
            
              It would be nice if they sent the school officials to jail.
               - Paul Buchheit
            
          
        
          
            
              Horrible!
               - Ruchira S. Datta
            
          
        
          
            
              Robbie: It has now come out that the student was disciplined for possession with intent to distribute Mike & Ikes.
               - Gabe
            
          
        
          
            
              yeah i saw that gabe, shared it as well - but it didnt sound like they could prove their case on the intent to distribute, so might be simple possession :P
               - bob
            
          
        
          
            
              there is a video of an interview with the kid and his parents here: http://cbs3.com/local...
               - bob