Just something to chew on: A number of court decisions (press me harder and I can search for the titles) rule in favor of the administration of public schools in cases that would have otherwise been seen a pure violation of a student's rights. These cases often invoke an argument of *In loco parentis*for the administration. Though in every case I have read the rulings concerned actions taken on school grounds or within close proximity. This case involves school property (the laptop), but occurs at the students home. I am curious how this shakes out and what the court ruling (and inevitable appeal ruling) will say.
My 2 dinars =) -Ben On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <[email protected]> wrote: > Date sent: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:28:13 -0600 > From: RandallM <[email protected]> > > > http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/17/school-used-student.html > > and > > http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/02/18/24789.htm > > "A federal class action claims a suburban school district has been spying > on > students and families through the "indiscriminant use of and ability to > remotely > activate the webcams incorporated into each laptop issued to students," > without > the knowledge or consent of students or parents. The named plaintiffs say > they > learned that Big Brother was in their home when an assistant principal told > their > son that the school district knew he `was engaged in improper behavior in > his > home, and cited as evidence a photograph from the webcam embedded in minor > plaintiff's personal laptop issued by the school district.'" > > Always possible that the allegations are wrong or overstated, but, on the > face of it, > sounds like this school district could be in very serious trouble ... > > (Cue comments about protecting children, and being willing to give up > personal > freedoms for a worthy cause, etc ... ) > > ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) > [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] > What you ... call a poor signal-to-noise ratio is the 'glue' that > holds a community together, that lets us recognize one another as > people rather than roles. - Anton Aylward > victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html > http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ > http://twitter.com/NoticeBored http://twitter.com/rslade > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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