[Infowarrior] - PA school spies on students at home?

[Richard Forno]

(c/o AJR)

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/02/18/suit_pa_school_spied_on_students_via_laptops/

Suit: Pa. school spied on students via laptops

"PHILADELPHIA—A suburban Philadelphia school district used school- 
issued laptop webcams to spy on students at home, potentially catching  
them and their families in compromising situations, a family claims in  
a federal lawsuit."

Another article, more detail:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/school-under-fire-for-spying-on-kid-via-webcam-at-home.ars

Robbins' father Michael supposedly confirmed with Matsko that the  
school has the ability to remotely activate the webcam "at any time it  
chose to view and capture whatever images were in front of the webcam."