Lawyer: Laptops took thousands of Images

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Lawyer: Laptops took thousands of images
By John P. Martin

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

The system that Lower Merion school officials used to track lost and stolen laptops wound up secretly capturing thousands of images, including photographs of students in their homes, Web sites they visited, and excerpts of their online chats, says a new motion filed in a suit against the district.

More than once, the motion asserts, the camera on Robbins' school-issued laptop took photos of Robbins as he slept in his bed. Each time, it fired the images off to network servers at the school district.

Back at district offices, the Robbins motion says, employees with access to the images marveled at the tracking software. It was like a window into "a little LMSD soap opera," a staffer is quoted as saying in an e-mail to Carol Cafiero, the administrator running the program.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. jail time?

peepers who try to see women in various states of undress do not pass Go, do not collect $200, and head directly to jail.
Pedophiles, even those who do nothing but collect kiddie porn, also eventually call a small 6 x 8 room with bars home.

How is this crap any different that those two examples?

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2. "But that is just allegations" say the apologists here

[CoffeeCat]

4. How could there be any apologists left?

One of the accused has said, via email, that it was like a window into
the school, like watching a "soap opera" and another administrator
replied, "I know. It's great."

This was not some error. They knew they were eavesdropping on underage
students and possibly the parents--via their keyboard strokes and also
via images.

They've found evidence that they were watching and enjoying it.

Can't wait until these shameless fools are sued into the next century.

[TexasObserver]

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