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2010-02-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home

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Posted by 3dc 2010-02-18 16:29|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Hey, everybody! Thanks to the Lower Merion School District, we're all gonna be rich!!

Posted by tu3031 2010-02-18 17:01|| 2010-02-18 17:01|| Front Page Top

#2 To think that the school Administration really thought this was a good idea.

Sounds to me some people need to be fired (not allowed to resign - outright fired). And every computer in the school seized and searched for pornographic pics of the students in the bedroom. If any found people should to go prison - including the clueless admins who facilitated it.

Who knows what they were watching in the middle of the night.... Raging teenage hormones and all.

Any pics found of any underage child even partially undressed - and I think Child Porn charges should apply.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-02-18 17:15|| 2010-02-18 17:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Separate lawsuits by every single person in every home that got one.

Asking for major damages due to emotional distress, among other things. And yes, nail them on pr0n charges where possible.

Posted by lotp 2010-02-18 17:32|| 2010-02-18 17:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Good Lord, I never thought anyone could ever get that _bored_. Well, at least we know who to put on the predator watch lists now.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-02-18 17:39|| 2010-02-18 17:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Lower Merion? We're talking the heart, or at least the wallet, of the Main Line. Bala Cynwyd, Merion, Gladwyne. There is real money here.

The high Schools are Lower Merion High, notable Alums:

# Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1903), General of the Army and father of the United States Air Force
# Alexander Haig (1942), United States Army general, Secretary of State[1]
# Julius W. Becton, Jr. (1944), former Army general, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and CEO of the Washington, DC, public schools
# James H. Billington (1946), current Librarian of Congress
# Charles "Chuck" Barris (1947), writer/producer, host of the Gong Show, subject of the film "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"
# Robert Fagles (1951), professor, and poet best known for translating ancient Greek classics
# Gerald M. Levin (1956), Former chairman and CEO of Time Warner
# Lynn Sherr (1959), ABC News correspondent
Kobe Bryant (1996), Professional NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Harriton, the newer HS Alum include:

# Lynda Resnick (1960) - President/CEO Roll International Corporation (POM Wonderful, Fiji Water, Teleflora).
# Andy Hertzfeld (1971) - Personal computing pioneer, member of the original Apple Macintosh design team.
# Susan Kare (1971) - Graphic designer and originator of icons and typefaces for Apple Computer.
# Lawrence Summers (1972) - Former President of Harvard University, Former Secretary of the Treasury, current Director of the National Economic Council.
# Arn Tellem (1972) - Sports agent named "One of the 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business".
# David Crane (1975) - Emmy-award winning TV writer/producer/director, creator of "Friends".

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-18 18:06|| 2010-02-18 18:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Remind me to put a piece of electrical tape over the web cam if anyone ever gives me a laptop.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-02-18 18:36|| 2010-02-18 18:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't forget the mic.

Posted by ed 2010-02-18 19:14|| 2010-02-18 19:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Boing Boing has a link to the lawsuit. It's a class action suit, asks for punitive damages and demands a jury trial.

Gonna be interesting in that school district for a while ....

Posted by lotp 2010-02-18 19:15|| 2010-02-18 19:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Apparently the students have known about it for awhile - to the point where they would put masking tape over the camera. My guess is that the camera's were 'build in'.

And note that they didn't mention the 'improper behaviour'. Did the Vice warn the kid about going blind...

Discovery might be interesting.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-02-18 20:02|| 2010-02-18 20:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Looks to me the equivalent of wiretapping, and since done over the internet, a federal offense, regardless of what was seen or disclosed. Where is AG Holder?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-02-18 21:22|| 2010-02-18 21:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Where is AG Holder?

He's trying to figure out what this means.

Posted by gorb 2010-02-18 22:54|| 2010-02-18 22:54|| Front Page Top

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