Schools...the newest spygame masters.

[Ramp]

So since many members on these forums are either in middle school or highschool I figured an issue such as this should be spread around.


http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/17/school-used-student.html



tl;dr

1) high school installs software on kid's laptops which can remotely activate web cam.

2) Principle disciplines a pupil for inappropriate behaviour at home - produces web cam image as proof.

3) Class action suit started



Now I could understand monitoring at school, but off campus is really disturbing. This really goes along with other cases where kids park off campus, but school employees still break into their cars to search them.

 

[motive]

Well I can understand on campus, but when comes to off campus whatever I have in my car, on my laptop is none of there business and i would sue.

 

[Yakumo Yukari]

I rather NOT get the laptop if there going to do that kind of stuff. I mean come on, spying on us while off campus? That's just invading privacy. And they said that it's not wrong doing? *face palm*

 

[SoldierX77]

Wow...

 

[Lance]

Students should be able to watch school faculty too, see how well that's received.

 

[motive]

Lance no offense but that idea would be moot to the point of an Authority figure watching a student, I understand some teachers can and are crazy I.E. Alabama teacher shoots people, but I wouldn't want some kid or student(adult) watching me what I do.

 

[Passerby]

ya that was illegal in so many ways and gross where do you think most of these kids kept there laptop when at home.

and i doubt that they could do that on campus either, in all canadian schools atleast there cant be any camars in instructional areas of the school so most schools have none or there are only in hallways and outside.