Friday, February 19, 2010

* Big Brother or Big Voyeur?















Web cams used to spy on students

PHILADELPHIA — A suburban Philadelphia school district used school-issued laptop Web cams to spy on students at home, potentially catching them and their families in compromising situations, a family claims in a federal lawsuit.

Lower Merion School District officials can activate the Web cams without students’ knowledge or permission, the suit said.

The accusations amount to potentially illegal electronic wiretapping, said Witold J. Walczak, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, which is not involved in the case.

(Taken from Google search)

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