Yes, I think an overly broad court ruling could effect the FBI's ability to spy.
Why do you keep calling it an "independent" investigation. As I said, this "independent" investigation was funded by the Lower Marion Board of School Directors. How exactly is that independent? Because they claim it is? Big surprise, they found no wrong doing!
Did you even read the investigation? They even admit that the consent forms made no mention of the existence or capabilities of the LANrev TheftTrack feature.
From the report:
Students and their parents or guardians were required to sign the District’s
guidelines concerning the acceptable use of LMSD’s local network. Those
guidelines – which were prepared several years before the District launched the
One-to-One initiative – do not address the issues specifically raised by the
issuance of laptops to students, including the existence or capabilities of the
LANrev TheftTrack feature. Families able to pay also were required to pay
annual insurance fees and insurance deductible payments in the event of laptop
theft or damage. The District’s communications about the insurance requirements
also did not disclose the existence or capabilities of TheftTrack.
Maybe the FBI doesn't want the courts to rule on any spying charges that might effect their own efforts. It'd be a little embarrassing for them to have the defense attorney's bring up questionable cases of the FBI spying on citizens. Worst case scenario for them would be to have a ruling that was general enough to force them to stop some of their own activities. Much easier to say, they didn't mean any harm, we're just gonna let them go.
Also, that report you linked was funded by the Board of School Directors and is hardly "independent", even though it claims to be.
The only tech company I can think of that consistently innovates is Nintendo. From the analog stick, to the rumble pack, to motion controls. Nintendo is always out front with new and interesting ideas.
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Why do you keep calling it an "independent" investigation. As I said, this "independent" investigation was funded by the Lower Marion Board of School Directors. How exactly is that independent? Because they claim it is? Big surprise, they found no wrong doing!
Did you even read the investigation? They even admit that the consent forms made no mention of the existence or capabilities of the LANrev TheftTrack feature.
From the report:
Students and their parents or guardians were required to sign the District’s guidelines concerning the acceptable use of LMSD’s local network. Those guidelines – which were prepared several years before the District launched the One-to-One initiative – do not address the issues specifically raised by the issuance of laptops to students, including the existence or capabilities of the LANrev TheftTrack feature. Families able to pay also were required to pay annual insurance fees and insurance deductible payments in the event of laptop theft or damage. The District’s communications about the insurance requirements also did not disclose the existence or capabilities of TheftTrack.
Maybe the FBI doesn't want the courts to rule on any spying charges that might effect their own efforts. It'd be a little embarrassing for them to have the defense attorney's bring up questionable cases of the FBI spying on citizens. Worst case scenario for them would be to have a ruling that was general enough to force them to stop some of their own activities. Much easier to say, they didn't mean any harm, we're just gonna let them go.
Also, that report you linked was funded by the Board of School Directors and is hardly "independent", even though it claims to be.
The only tech company I can think of that consistently innovates is Nintendo. From the analog stick, to the rumble pack, to motion controls. Nintendo is always out front with new and interesting ideas.