The Lower Merion School District is accused of spying on their students through the webcam on their school-supplied MacBooks while they were at home. A green light would turn on (to indicate a live camera) at unexpected, random moments. The school district says it never used webcam images to monitor or discipline students and believes one of its administrators has been "unfairly portrayed and unjustly attacked." A suit filed by a student, has acknowledged that webcams were remotely activated 42 times in the past 14 months, but only to find missing, lost or stolen laptops — which the district noted would include "a loaner computer that, against regulations, might be taken off campus." "Despite some reports to the contrary, be assured that the security-tracking software has been completely disabled," Superintendent Christopher W. McGinley said in a statement on the district's Web site late Friday. Officials vowed a comprehensive review that McGinley said should result in stronger privacy policies. Students worried that they were being watched while they were undressing.
"The Robbins family caught the school out in a big lie. On November 11th 2009, their 15-year-old son Blake was disciplined by his school's assistant principal Lindy Matsko as he had "engaged in improper behaviour in [his] home." The 'fun' part was that Matsko provided a photograph of the improper behaviour taken by the webcam in Blake's school-provided laptop."
-itWire
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/school-spies-students-9907184
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