[Year 12 IT Apps] School accused of spying on students at home

[Mark KELLY]

I'd love to have been in the school meeting that authorised *that* decision!

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Anderson, Stuart L <
anderson.stuart.l at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>  *School accused of spying on students at home*
>
> A US high school has been accused of spying on students at home through
> webcams in their laptops.
>
> A lawsuit filed against the Lower Merion School District in Philadelphia
> claims laptop computers issued to students by the school came with
> remotely-activated webcams which it used to monitor their activities at
> home.
>
> http://www.news.com.au/technology/school-accused-of-spying-on-students-at-home/story-e6frfro0-1225832172208
>
>   *Stuart Anderson*
> VCE Accounting and IT Applications teacher
> Kambrya College
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