According to an article in boing boing a school District in (PA) [Lower Merion School District] Handed out laptops to students. This school reportedly has been reprimanding students for their behavior while at home. One student was shown a picture taken of them while doing something the school objected to, from within the child’s bedroom.
The laptops the children received had cameras on them. Reportedly these camera were used to spy on the children while not at school.
Their is notice that they are worried about children being to informative while online talking with strangers and the wide open public.
Update: The school district admits that student laptops were shipped with software for covertly activating their webcams, but denies wrongdoing.
Any person caught doing such a thing should be more than just investigated, they should be put in public notice.
Do we not have laws that protect us from this? should anyone for any purpose be so above the law that they can get away with such an invasion of privacy?
The students all should be allowed to return the laptops they where given (or are renting or purchased), the school should refund all deposits, and every principal,teacher,executive involved should be fired and replaced and spend no less than 5 years in federal prison for invasion of privacy illegal monitoring and surveillance without proper license and prior permits.
If they let this go, what exactly is freedom for? what is the proof that we protect the rights we obey ?