An Example Of Big Brother At Home
Or Much Ado About Nothing?
CBS & CNN Report. FBI Is On The Case.
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Premise is as follows:
- A school in Pennsylvania gave students laptops.
- School could allegedly watch students at home via camera which is embedded in all laptops given to students.
- A family claimed school spied on their son at home without cause by using the webcam as a "peeping Tom technology". Concerns were brought up whether schools could watch/monitor kids under any circumstance; who has access to monitoring; plus the extreme ramifications of being taped in compromising situations such as getting dressed. Some accounts claimed this boy was caught taking drugs when he was eating candy.
- School countered by saying they only utilize the webcam monitoring in the laptop when there is theft of a laptop, according to one account. Another said it was disabled.
- FBI is investigating.
Whether this is another "balloon boy" hoax is yet to be seen, but but it again brings up the importance of our collective diligence about the issue of privacy. Admittedly, the whole concept of the webcam that is embedded in our laptops could be used as a "peeping Tom" unknowinglyis very creepy. The Daily Riff has been covering this topic, such as here and here.
