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Federal Judge Orders Schools To Stop Laptop Spying
CWmike writes "A federal judge on Monday ordered the Pennsylvania school district accused of spying on its students to stop activating the cameras in school-issued MacBook laptops. According to the original complaint, Blake Robbins was accused by a Harriton High School assistant principal of 'improper behavior in his home' and shown a photograph taken by his laptop as evidence. In an appearance on network television last Saturday, Robbins said he was accused by the assistant principal of selling drugs and taking pills — but he claimed the pictures taken by his computer's camera showed him eating candy. Also on Monday, the company selling the software used by the school district to allegedly spy on its students blasted what it called laptop theft-recovery 'vigilantism.'" jamie found two posts from stryde.hax pointing out suggestive information about one school district network administrator, and coaching students how to determine if their school-issued laptops were infected with the LANRev software used to operate the cameras remotely and in secret.
Silly, cheerleaders don't know how to use laptops.
Silly, cheerleaders don't know how to use laptops.
But they know how to give lap dances!
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
I saw a film when I was about 6. Don't remember the name now, but it was about a boy who was possibly a military project, who escapes and steals a fighter plane.
He sticks his chewing gum over the lens of the cockpit camera.
I thought at the time, "That will come in handy".
* Side note: Stop putting half a sentence in the damned heading and finish it in the body. It's bloody annoying to quote.
Like to.
Google!
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When are the "cheerleaders getting dressed" videos going to leak? You know someone was making them...
I didn't know you were into that. I'll borrow my mom's car after this hot pocket and go by salvation army today to get a cheerleader outfit and e-mail the video to you. Not sure what the odds are that they'll have a 3xl cheerleader skirt though...
The cost was largely offset by the StudentSpyCam.tv website subscriptions.
laptops do not belong in high school.
of course not. I say they went off track when they first allowed those fancy click pens in schools. Now look at the shape the world is in. Damn click pens.
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Yahoo!
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
AltaVista!
Sorry to combo-break this, guys, but... *whoosh*
So, I'll be nice and break it down for you.
Bing
Google
Yahoo!
AltaVista
Which of these appears, unaltered, above?
IOW, "Yahoo!" was /thread.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
But then you would be in possession ;)
i donno, ask jeeves
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Umm... "Dogpile?"
No, that's just wrong.
"This post contains words, known to the State of California to cause thought. Wash brain thoroughly after reading."
> Both Fox News and NPR are against them.
Holy fuck they are so screwed. Nancy Grace will will be snacking on deep fried rinds made from their butt cheeks.
You must be a software developer. While technically fulfilling what was asked for, you managed to satisfy none of the goals of the request.
The road to tyranny has always been paved with claims of necessity.
Thank you for playing whats my crime. And now you get a 20 year all expense paid vacation.
See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.
You must be in management. You managed to state a request such that the most simple and direct interpretation of it directly opposed its actual goals, and then blamed the developer.