There is a debate about how or if parents should use spyware on their kids' computer to find out what their kids are doing online. This is a debate between parents, but is not a legal debate. Apparently a high school in Philadelphia took this idea to another level.
A Pennsylvania school district is being investigated by the FBI for remotely activating the web cams on the laptops they issued to students. The school district says that they were wanting to track online behavior when the students were supposed to be doing homework. The parents of these students disagree, saying it was a clear privacy violation. It is still unknown how the FBI will find, but I would not at all be surprised to find this a question posed to either the state's or the U.S. Supreme Court.
What do you think? Privacy violation or good intentions communicated poorly?
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Elia Cashen 6-05-2010 @ 11:10PM
School Property... Students should understand that when using school computers they are expected to use them properly or for what they were intended. Most parents have to sign a user agreement before their child is allowed to access technology through programs in the schools... it seems the parents and the students should understand it would be like using /doing anything in public you should be on your best behavior... When you are in public privacy is very limited... the school has a right to monitor their equipment; otherwise they will be sued for giving students lap tops that could be used for things other than homework.
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