-----Original Message----- From: Legal Reality [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:54 PM To: Legal Reality Subject: FWD: Federal judge orders school district to stop spying on students
24 February A.D. 2010 Subscribe / unsubscribe : [email protected] T wrote: > http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/83383-federal-judge-orde rs-school-to-stop-spying-on-students > > > Federal judge orders school district to stop spying on students > By Tony Romm - 02/24/10 10:44 AM ET > > A Pennsylvania school district has been ordered to disable equipment allowing officials to watch students using cameras on their laptops. > > The order, issued Wednesday by a federal judge, will prevent school administrators from turning on cameras installed on students' school-issued laptops remotely. > > The move arrives at the request of a Lower Merion family, which claimed school officials were wrong to activate the camera, snap a photo of their son and confront him about its contents. > > The school district told reporters on Wednesday it would comply with that order. Part of that directive includes a temporary gag on all communications regarding the family's privacy lawsuit. > > The security technology installed in Lower Merion's school-issued computers permits administrators to activate cameras remotely, primarily as a way to ensure the laptops are not stolen. > > Technicians said they have activated the technology 42 times this year to take photos of suspects believed to be damaging laptops or otherwise committing wrongdoing - precisely the reason they turned it on the case of the 15-year-old Harriton High School student now pressing charges. > > Instead, they captured a photo of the student engaging in "improper activity" - drug use, administrators believed, though that later turned out not to be the case, the family said. > > > *** exposing the hidden truth for further educational research only *** CAVEAT LECTOR *** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. NOTE: Some links may require cut and paste into your Internet Browser. Please check for daily real news posts and support the truth! (sorry but don't have time to email all posts) at http://tinyurl.com/33c9yr or http://groups.google.com/group/total_truth_sciences/topics?gvc=2 ; You can also subscribe to the multiple daily emails by sending an email to [email protected] ; free book download: http://www.lulu.com/content/165077 *** Revealing the hidden Truth For Educational & Further Research Purposes only. *** NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency (NSA) may have read emails without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse, nor protection.......... IF anyone other than the addressee of this e-mail is reading it, you are in violation of the 1st & 4th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Patriot Act 5 & H.R. 1955 Disclaimer Notice: This post & all my past & future posts represent parody & satire & are all intended for intellectual entertainment only. To be removed from the weekly list, please reply with the subject line "REMOVE" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "total_truth_sciences" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/total_truth_sciences
