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  • mad_machine

    Feb. 18, 2010 5:30 p.m. mad_machine PowerDork

    Not too far from me

    Spied Kids

  • Giant Purple Snorklewacker

    Feb. 18, 2010 7:12 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

    I'm not sure but couldn't anyone on the other end be charged with viewing kiddie porn if a high school student were to be ohhh say rubbin' one out to iCarly pics on his laptop or something?

  • mtn

    Feb. 18, 2010 7:13 p.m. mtn UltraDork

    Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

    I'm not sure but couldn't anyone on the other end be charged with viewing kiddie porn if a high school student were to be ohhh say rubbin' one out to iCarly pics on his laptop or something?

    Or um... maybe just changing, and the camera happens to be on?

  • Giant Purple Snorklewacker

    Feb. 18, 2010 7:16 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork

    mtn wrote:

    Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

    I'm not sure but couldn't anyone on the other end be charged with viewing kiddie porn if a high school student were to be ohhh say rubbin' one out to iCarly pics on his laptop or something?

    Or um... maybe just changing, and the camera happens to be on?

    I was using some creative license... it draws a more colorful picture for the reader.

  • Grtechguy

    Feb. 18, 2010 8:15 p.m. Grtechguy UberDork

    unbelievable. it's one thing if they are using them at the school (place of work,etc), but at the end users private residence?

    heads are gonna roll

  • MrJoshua

    Feb. 18, 2010 8:27 p.m. MrJoshua UltraDork

    A Nemo sticker is guarding my laptops camera. Not that anyone cares what I do on my laptop, but Id rather have Nemo's eyes looking at me than a camera.

  • ignorant

    Feb. 18, 2010 8:29 p.m. ignorant UltimaDork

    Grtechguy wrote:

    unbelievable. it's one thing if they are using them at the school (place of work,etc), but at the end users private residence?

    heads are gonna roll

    depends on the terms of use agreement they signed...

    Read what you sign....

  • Grtechguy

    Feb. 18, 2010 8:50 p.m. Grtechguy UberDork

    ignorant wrote:

    Grtechguy wrote:

    unbelievable. it's one thing if they are using them at the school (place of work,etc), but at the end users private residence?

    heads are gonna roll

    depends on the terms of use agreement they signed...

    Read what you sign....

    and a student is under 18....thus MOST agreements are null and void as a minor is not legally liable to sign documents.

  • Xceler8x

    Feb. 18, 2010 9:14 p.m. Xceler8x Dork

    Get'em use to having no privacy while they're young.

    It's just that much easier to spy on them when they're adults. Welcome to the Brave New World comrades!

  • oldsaw

    Feb. 18, 2010 10:53 p.m. oldsaw Dork

    Grtechguy wrote:

    ignorant wrote:

    Grtechguy wrote:

    unbelievable. it's one thing if they are using them at the school (place of work,etc), but at the end users private residence?

    heads are gonna roll

    depends on the terms of use agreement they signed...

    Read what you sign....

    and a student is under 18....thus MOST agreements are null and void as a minor is not legally liable to sign documents.

    Re the bolded section:

    Who signed the agreements, the parents or the students? Conventional wisdom suggests it was the parents. That said, the school system and its' insurer is going to pay big-time.

    And a lot of families with school-issued laptops will disable cameras with strips of tape, or hammers.

  • 96DXCivic

    Feb. 18, 2010 11:08 p.m. 96DXCivic HalfDork

    I wouldn't have taken the laptop it is a Mac.

  • xd

    Feb. 18, 2010 11:13 p.m. xd New Reader

    Photobucket

  • EricM

    Feb. 19, 2010 9:17 a.m. EricM Dork

    Pedo BEAR!!! good one.

  • alex

    Feb. 19, 2010 12:23 p.m. alex Dork

    Update: "Yeah, we installed the spy cameras. But we weren't gonna do anything bad with 'em. And we already turned 'em off. Honest."

    linky

    Also: what kind of rube lawyer lets the defendant send a letter to the plaintiffs after the lawsuit has been filed? Especially when that letter contains an admission of guilt?

  • slefain

    Feb. 19, 2010 12:36 p.m. slefain Dork

    Next headline:

    "School system employee arrested after using remote webcam software to spy on high school cheerleaders at home..."

  • rebelgtp

    Feb. 19, 2010 1:24 p.m. rebelgtp Dork

    slefain wrote:

    Next headline:

    "School system employee arrested after using remote webcam software to spy on high school cheerleaders at home..."

    Hey they were just trying to get a little extra funding for the school. Do you have any idea how much a porn site featuring REAL high school cheerleaders would make?

    After all they were only thinking of the children...

  • oldsaw

    Feb. 19, 2010 1:28 p.m. oldsaw Dork

    rebelgtp wrote:

    slefain wrote:

    Next headline:

    "School system employee arrested after using remote webcam software to spy on high school cheerleaders at home..."

    Hey they were just trying to get a little extra funding for the school. Do you have any idea how much a porn site featuring REAL high school cheerleaders would make?

    After all they were only thinking of the children...

    There is a prison-sentence's difference between "thinking of" and "thinking about" the children.

  • alex

    Feb. 19, 2010 3:12 p.m. alex Dork

    Hey, I can think about 'em all I want. Don't take that away from me.

  • slantvaliant

    Feb. 19, 2010 3:59 p.m. slantvaliant HalfDork

    Hmmm ... before we get into the possible child-porn aspect of this, I wonder which if any eavesdropping and stalking laws might apply?

  • slantvaliant

    Feb. 19, 2010 4:02 p.m. slantvaliant HalfDork

    "The District never activated the security feature for any other purpose or in any other manner whatsoever"

    Oh, yeah? Then how was this kid busted doing whatever it was he was doing?

  • alex

    Feb. 19, 2010 5:33 p.m. alex Dork

    You'll just have to trust us. We're in charge.

    At the very least, it seems wiretapping laws apply.

  • stuart in mn

    Feb. 19, 2010 6:24 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork

    I'm not saying they didn't do it, but is it possible that the kid took the picture himself and later on they found the file on his hard drive? That would still mean they were snooping on his computer, though.

  • 92dxman

    Feb. 20, 2010 12:43 p.m. 92dxman Reader

    As of yesterday, the district attorney's office is taking a close exam at things to see if there are any criminal matters involved since the wiretap act was potentially wronged. Also, the Fbi is investigating..

  • alex

    Feb. 22, 2010 5:08 p.m. alex Dork

    Update: The family's lawyer says the student in question was disciplined for consuming what a school administrator thought were pills, but were in fact Mike & Ikes.

    http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/22/laptop-surveillance.html

  • Appleseed

    Feb. 22, 2010 6:40 p.m. Appleseed Dork

    I didn't know Mike & Ike's were a controlled substance.

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