Remember the webcam school district kerfuffle?

[thewayne]

It is now alleged that the administration shot "thousands" of pictures from student laptops. The student who was thought to be popping pills while actually eating Ike & Mike candies, was also photographed while sleeping.

The lawsuit is seeking class-action status on behalf of all students of the district. It also alleges that the IT administrator is a voyeur and is seeking forensic discovery of her home computer. She's been placed on administrative leave and is taking the 5th on all questions being sent her way, including when asked if she's ever copied photos from this system to her personal computer.


Ugly, ugly, ugly.


http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/webcamscanda/

Comments

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Excellent book, Little Brother. I really should re-read it soon. Cory has a new YA SF book due real soon now, if it's not out already.

[silveradept]

Mmm. Good to know. It was a fun romp, certainly, and I hope that the people who are working on the ParanoidLinux project do produce a workable item for those times when you want to be absolutely sure nobody is watching.