I also forgot to specify that I am speaking from a United States court system perspective.
=) On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Benjamin Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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