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Originally posted by Blazer
Need more data before condemning the school. For example, what if it were this scenario:
1. School has remote admin software on all its laptops (this is not at all uncommon)
2. Student was VPN into school network, and their IDS, firewall, or otherwise network security monitors detected the student trying to hack into their servers or some other unauthorized access.
3. Upon detecting the unauthorized activity, they immediately determine what IP address the intrusion is coming from. Know full well the kid would just say "it wasn't me", "my brother did it", etc, they activate his webcam and take a snapshot which thus proves it was the student at the keyboard at the time of the intrusion.
Given the above scenario, would you still condemn the school?
I would like to believe it was something like this, because why in the world would school administration sit around after-hours or on weekends etc, watching all their students via webcam, and then making claims against them for something they saw them doing in their room or something? That is absurd, so I suspect it is something like the example scenario. I hope so anyhow!
Originally posted by projectvxn
I find this disgusting in every way. And it all stems from a precedent set by the Federal Government that spying on innocent Americans is ok. Now we have school officials spying on students, possibly in their most private moments. When will enough be enough for people?
The suit seeks damages for invasion of privacy, theft of private information, and unlawful interception.
Originally posted by JohnnyR
I found this quote, specifically the bolded text, interesting from the article linked in the OP...
The suit seeks damages for invasion of privacy, theft of private information, and unlawful interception.
I wonder what private information the plantiff is accusing the school dist of stealing?
I also wonder if this picture is of the student or a screen shot from the students laptop? Only reason i'm wondering why is that possibly the system takes a screen shot automatically if the internet browser is on a certain website/page.
HAHA, maybe I'm trying to defend scum because I just don't want to believe our schools have come to spying on our kids, and us for that matter....
[edit on 2/18/2010 by JohnnyR]
In 1969, the Supreme Court made a decision (Tinker vs. Des Moines) in favor of student's rights to self-expression, noting that "students may not be confined to the expression of those sentiments that are officially approved. In the absence of a specific showing of constitutionally valid reasons to regulate their speech, students are entitled to freedom of expression of their views."
Originally posted by Blazer
Need more data before condemning the school. For example, what if it were this scenario:
1. School has remote admin software on all its laptops (this is not at all uncommon)
2. Student was VPN into school network, and their IDS, firewall, or otherwise network security monitors detected the student trying to hack into their servers or some other unauthorized access.
3. Upon detecting the unauthorized activity, they immediately determine what IP address the intrusion is coming from. Know full well the kid would just say "it wasn't me", "my brother did it", etc, they activate his webcam and take a snapshot which thus proves it was the student at the keyboard at the time of the intrusion.
Given the above scenario, would you still condemn the school?