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Feds Won't File Charges In School Laptop-Spy Case
jamie writes "Federal prosecutors have decided not to file charges against a Philadelphia school district or its employees over the use of software to remotely monitor students. From the article: 'US Attorney Zane David Memeger says investigators have found no evidence of criminal intent by Lower Merion School District employees who activated tracking software that took thousands of webcam and screenshot images on school-provided laptops.'"
Oh no! Duct tape, electrical tape or pink duct tape on the built in webcam! Problem solved!
How so? You can't lynch the administrators if the duct tape's on the laptop.
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I agree with the FEDs here. My school used software like this and I think they should. If a kid is at school, and on a computer, they shouldn't be going on things that they shouldn't. Now if the school was "spying" on them while at home then it would be a completely different story. I knew kids who would go on pr0n sites while on a school computer, also downloading shit that they shouldn't. SMARTEN UP CHILDREN and you won't have anything to worry about.
...No it doesn't, it simply says that the federal government isn't going to press charges, which is probably a good thing because:
A) Any fines paid would most likely go to the federal government which thus basically cannibalizes state funds for federal funds
B) Its a civil matter
By having this case go to civil court, the victims could get monitory compensation and its simply the proper place to have a trial on something like this. Its not a criminal matter, its fraud and a breach of contract.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
Kinda like what happened to Roman Polanski:
Samantha Geimer: "Roman Polanski had sex with me when I was 13, decades ago. I guess it's technically a crime.
Power-hungry, career-climbing District attorneys: "Whhhhharrrrrrrrgarrrrrrrrrbl!"
Average idiot suburban American: "Polanski BAAAAAAD!
Samantha Geimer: "um...okay, I mean...he didn't tell me beforehand, but everybody who showed up at those things back then knew what they were in for. I kinda...liked it...the attention.
Power-hungry, career-climbing District attorneys: "Whhhhharrrrrrrrgarrrrrrrrrbl!"
Average idiot suburban American: "Polanski BAAAAAAD!
Samantha Geimer: "Oh, come ON! Mick Jagger had sex with his friend's 13 year-old daughter! Pete Townshend was caught buying boy boy porn online! Don't you all still listen to the Who and the Rolling Stones?!"
Power-hungry, career-climbing District attorneys: "The 'Stones rock! If only I were half the stud Mick Jagger was!"
Average idiot suburban American: "The Who rock, especially in the beginning of the CSI series!
Samantha Geimer: "Look, guys, give it a rest, okay? Your circus is humiliating me."
[ Meanwhile, in a dark alley in Petaluma, California ]
Shadowy figure: "Look, you got the money, or not?
Chris Hansen: "Do you know who I am? I used to be famous! Come on, man, gimme the rock...
Shadowy figure: " Better start suckin'...
[ First the sound of a zipper, then a horrible mixture of tears and slurps...]