Readers %u2014 This is just incredible! A school in suburban Philadelphia issued its kids laptops without mentioning one little detail. According to a report in Courthouse News (which quotes from a federal class action suit):
[There was no] reference made %u201Cto the fact that the school district has the ability to remotely activate the embedded webam at any time the school district wished to intercept images from that webcam of anyone or anything appearing in front of the camera.
The complaint states: %u201COn November 11, 2009, plaintiffs were for the first time informed of the above-mentioned capability [spying] and practice by the school district when Lindy Matsko (%u2018Matsko%u2019), an assistant principal at Harriton High School, informed minor plaintiff that the school district was of the belief that minor plaintiff was engaged in improper behavior in his home, and cited as evidence a photograph from the webcam embedded in minor plaintiff%u2019s personal laptop issued by the school district.
I guess that school will finally be able to see who is doing their homework. And what they%u2019re wearing. (Or not.) I think this is going to be a big case. %u2014 Lenore
Ah, yet another reason to send your child to school, how else will big mama governanny monitor their every move? We must get these into every room of every house in the land, only big mama governanny knows what is best for the children that the state graciously allows you to keep in your home until they need them for cannon fodder in some war to benefit our corporate masters in some distant land. What a great idea!