Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread Tony B
Hardly. You're blowing this all out of proportion. A better comparison would be that we're all aware we can be filmed while on that bridge. Well, *I'm* aware of that, and I won't do anything while on the bridge that would embarrass me. And I would most certainly tell one of my kids that received

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread Chris Dunford
Hardly. You're blowing this all out of proportion. A better comparison would be that we're all aware we can be filmed while on that bridge. You have no reasonable expectation of privacy on the bridge. You do in your bedroom. If the school system was going to violate that reasonable

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread Tony B
What victim? What crime? Some of you are getting ahead of yourselves. There are no victims, and nobody has been charged with a crime. By your own admissions, the worst that happened here is that somebody in the school district failed to make it more clear that monitoring would be taking place.

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Chris Dunford Hardly. You're blowing this all out of proportion. A better comparison would be that we're all aware we can be filmed while on that bridge. You have no reasonable expectation of privacy on the bridge. You do in your bedroom. If the school system was going to violate that

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread mike
So the only crime so far is they should have told the boys and girls they would be watched remotely in their bedrooms? Maybe they failed to make it clear because any sensible parent doesn't want their kids spied on by sick perverts. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread Tony B
Or maybe the parents that don't own a post-it could just refuse to accept the free laptop. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:27 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: So the only crime so far is they should have told the boys and girls they would be watched remotely in their bedrooms?  Maybe they failed to

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread Art Clemons
On 03/05/2010 08:11 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: Well, according to that very article, the computer camera was activated in the Robbins case for a reason other than specified by the school system. According to the school system, the camera in that case was turned on because a $55

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread Art Clemons
On 03/06/2010 08:27 PM, mike wrote: So the only crime so far is they should have told the boys and girls they would be watched remotely in their bedrooms? Maybe they failed to make it clear because any sensible parent doesn't want their kids spied on by sick perverts. The situation is more

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Art Clemons artclem...@aol.com wrote: On 03/06/2010 08:27 PM, mike wrote: So the only crime so far is they should have told the boys and girls they would be watched remotely in their bedrooms? Maybe they failed to make it clear because any sensible parent

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread mike
http://gizmodo.com/5475668/laptop+spying-school-district-superintendent-covers-ass-by-claiming-security-feature You have any links about him being a 'troubled student' ? I've seen nothing. This link from gizmodo has a letter from the Supe about how they are removing the security feature and

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: What victim? What crime? Some of you are getting ahead of yourselves. There are no victims, and nobody has been charged with a crime. By your own admissions, the worst that happened here is that somebody in the school district

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread mike
One article stated the two on paid leave had a 'private' website where they were storing pics taken from webcams. On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 7:50 PM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: For what it is worth, the school

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Art Clemons artclem...@aol.com wrote: The student was not supposed to remove the laptop from the school unless the insurance fee was paid, technically the laptop met the definition of missing or stolen and thus qualified for possible attempts at recovery.

Re: [CGUYS] Twist in school spying scandal

2010-03-06 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 9:58 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote: One article stated the two on paid leave had a 'private' website where they were storing pics taken from webcams. Yes, allegedly accessible by the local police department. I would wonder why the use of a website to provide photos