Tuesday, February 23, 2010

School spies of students via webcam?

The school district near Philadelphia accused of turning on webcams in student issued computers is getting a lot more press recently.

Blake Robbins filed a lawsuit against Lower Merion School District near Philadelphia, alleging that the school district activated the webcam in the student's school-issued MacBook to photograph him in his own home.

The school district claimed they had a picture of the student doing drugs.  The student says it was candy.  Nonetheless, there are some majjor privacy concerns here.

If you have a school issued computer I suggest you put some electrical tape over your webcam if you suspect it may be accessed remotely.

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