you probably heard this story before.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdwlE3DpcMD9gNAnFMrQ7iNHCS6AD9HLGPRO0
school provides laptops to its students and includes surveillance software in case they get lost. later it is determined that they turned them on without students’ knowledge. i find the resolution to this tale most unsatisfying. the article glosses over some important facts, most notably:
“robbins maintains that he never reported his laptop missing or stolen, and doesn’t know why the district deployed the surveillance software on his computer.
they also refer to the tech lady who turned it on and was specified in the case as the turner onner:
“I would hope they take her back soon,” lawyer Charles Mandracchia said Tuesday. “She’s one of the few people that said we needed to establish a policy. And it kind of fell on deaf ears.”
mind you they’ve neglected to mention testimony that she loved listening and watching the students. and that the school never told students about the surveillance equipment and lied when they got busted.
http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/school-used-student.html
