acroyear | schools as big brother in the wrong in the worst possible way...

School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home Boing Boing:

According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools' administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families. The issue came to light when the Robbins's child was disciplined for "improper behavior in his home" and the Vice Principal used a photo taken by the webcam as evidence. The suit is a class action, brought on behalf of all students issued with these machines.

hey, who needs that pesky 4th amendment anyways...

for good measure, I want the administrators under arrest for facilitating child porn, 'cause if a laptop can take a picture of a clothed student on demand to be examined, there's no reason it couldn't take a picture of a nude one.