A school is deactivating a webcam, theft-tracking program on laptops following allegations of use to spy on a boy at home.
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I guess you missed the memo about them taking their lapops home at the end of the day to "ensure every student have 24/7 access to school based resources and the ability to seamlessly work on projects and research at school and at home"
I know that the recent Supreme Courts have been ruling that minors don't have rights to violate, but they are wrong. The Constitution clearly states that two kinds of beings have rights, some being limited to the one kind of being--citizens--and others not being limited except by species--people.
I would think that school children qualify as both as citizens and people.
This incident is so trivial, I wouldn't waste any court time on it. If you take my laptop home, I reserve the right to turn on the camera and see what you are doing with it. Case closed.
Just wait till they find the child porn the school inadvertently (inadvertently I hope) created when images of kids changing in their bed rooms was captured.
The simple low tech solution is to put some whiteout on lens and make it the same color with a marker pen. This way it is hard to spot when the teacher walks by and easy to remove when the laptop needs to be handed back in...
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/school-district-halts-webcam-surveillance/
Keep the laptops at school.
Unless it was his laptop, then maybe it should've stayed at home.
I guess you missed the memo about them taking their lapops home at the end of the day to "ensure every student have 24/7 access to school based resources and the ability to seamlessly work on projects and research at school and at home"
Hi, Mike!
I know that the recent Supreme Courts have been ruling that minors don't have rights to violate, but they are wrong. The Constitution clearly states that two kinds of beings have rights, some being limited to the one kind of being--citizens--and others not being limited except by species--people.
I would think that school children qualify as both as citizens and people.
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[4 points] 2 years ago by deleted user ReplyThis incident is so trivial, I wouldn't waste any court time on it. If you take my laptop home, I reserve the right to turn on the camera and see what you are doing with it. Case closed.
How about no?
You better have that in written form, read and signed by the student, if not expect to get sued.
Just wait till they find the child porn the school inadvertently (inadvertently I hope) created when images of kids changing in their bed rooms was captured.
Heh. I was thinking that.
The simple low tech solution is to put some whiteout on lens and make it the same color with a marker pen. This way it is hard to spot when the teacher walks by and easy to remove when the laptop needs to be handed back in...