On 03/04/2010 01:48 PM, John Settle wrote: >> >> Don't sue the school district. Prosecute the people who did the deed. >> They should not be allowed to hide behind the school district. >> >> > Hear! Hear ! Well said.
You are supposing that the school district wasn't responsible for the actions of its employees and contractors in this situation. For example, why did the laptops have the commercial equivalent of Adeona if not as part of employees attempting to protect the property and rights of the school district? The other problem is that we don't know for example if said laptops were reported missing or stolen, or if an employee entered the wrong data for a particular laptop, and that laptop's camera was activated. Incidentally note that if for example laptop a11111 was listed as going to Art Clemons and instead someone else got said laptop, if Art Clemons suddenly reports his laptop stolen or missing, then there would be a valid reason in the minds of school officials for activating the camera at least temporarily if done in the name of recovering a laptop. I also suggest that some folks were applauding the catching of "stupid criminals" with similar software not all that long ago. Finally, I note that people still consider me paranoid because I won't have a camera attached to a computer I'm using if I can at all avoid it. I even have voided warranties to disable cameras in 2 laptops. I know all too well how easy it is to activate a camera remotely. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
