SPYCAM EDITORIAL: Philly Inquirer...

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20100422_Editorial__No_need_for_candid_cameras.html


Editorial: No need for candid cameras

The sheer volume of Web-cam photos snapped by the Lower Merion School District to track school-issued laptops indicates how oblivious school officials were to students' privacy rights.

An investigation by the district found that nearly 56,000 images were taken after tracking software was turned on, usually when a computer was reported missing.

Henry E. Hockeimer Jr., the attorney hired by the district to lead the inquiry, said the photos did not capture students in embarrassing poses.

But that doesn't excuse the district's actions. As Hockeimer said: "The taking of these pictures without student consent in their homes was obviously wrong."

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More at the link of course...

I don't need to say anything more...

It absolutely blows me away that any self respecting liberal/progressive could in anyway support the school district in this gross invasion of privacy.

tells you all you need to know.

don't get me started...

but I know where I'm going with this...

no...I have no idea what the FBI will find or not,and of course, the District is very heavily politicized so who knows...the Principal's actually a good guy,but he's not quite bright enough to handle this kind of thing a priori. He's a charismatic, efficient, former gym teacher who is certainly pleasant enough but is no intellectual nor is he anticipatory in nature and blew it here. You don't have to be a genius to be a principal in our system; bright kids, good teachers, brilliant parents who are top of the kids and the schools all the time...wotta combination.

The lawsuit I could care less about...it's only going to serve as a discovery mechanism.