School District Halts Webcam Surveillance

A suburban Philadelphia school district is deactivating a webcam, theft-tracking program secretly lodged on 2,300 student laptops following allegations the device was used by administrators to spy on a boy at home. “I think given the concerns of parents and community members, I think we have a responsibility to at least take a pause and review the policy,” Lower Merion School District spokesman Doug Young said in a telephone interview Thursday evening…
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jackiethey (Jackie They) : A great series on WSJ on Internet consumer spying. Privacy is clearly a word of the past. http://on.wsj.com/cygNvs (via @WSJ @whattheyknow).. Updated : 2010-07-31T00:47:57Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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superjunaid (Junaid Ahmed) : RT @milesbaker: Plugin Shows You Just How Much Google is Spying on You! - http://dld.bz/pdnB.. Updated : 2010-07-31T00:46:30Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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BarterGoldRamth (Terry Sachetti) : Is Someone Secretly Spying On You? Want to Know? Then You Need A Anti Spy Equipment Sweeping Device http://bit.ly/UbNg4.. Updated : 2010-07-31T00:45:13Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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ryanballuk (Ryan Ball) : Your Phone Apps Are Spying On You: http://digg.com/d31YV0T (via @tinasintunes) so is Tina ?.. Updated : 2010-07-31T00:45:00Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Shibz2311 (Leslie M) : @hotvogue you do?! :S *looks around* are u spying on me? ...well the dream was a sense of awaking, guess it was pretty good?.. Updated : 2010-07-31T00:43:31Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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