Lower Merion School District Update

Posted by kdawson on Friday April 16, 2010 @04:53AM from the someone-to-watch-over-me dept.

Mike_EE_U_of_I and jargon82 were among a number of readers who sent an update on the Lower Merion School District webcam spying case (see Related Stories for our discussions of the affair over the last couple of months). The school had originally stated that capturing laptop photos in students' homes had only happened 42 times. It turns out what they meant was that there were 42 instances when they began intensive surveillance on the suspected stolen computers. This consisted of (among other things) transmitting a picture from the laptop's webcam every 15 minutes. This may have gone on for weeks. In total, it appears that there were thousands of photos. One of the key administrators involved has been answering all questions about the program by invoking the Fifth Amendment.

2 of 367 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Re:You know what they caught... by spun · 2010-04-16 05:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Gee, someone stereotyping all public servants as contemptuous, what a surprise.

--
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Re:Lightbulb? by DigiShaman · 2010-04-16 07:40 · Score: 1, Flamebait

LOL, you're not very familiar with our legal system are you? It's exceedingly biased toward women and minorities. If your a white male, you already have a legal handicap.

--
Life is not for the lazy.