Lindy Matsko Lost Her Mind
First, the good news: even in these troubled economic times, there exist American public schools – like those of the Lower Merion district in the suburbs of Philadelphia – prosperous enough to distribute laptop computers to every kid enrolled in the high school.The rest of this piece is over at the Guardian’s America blog, where I also mention the ongoing case of Avery Doninger. They’re both symptoms of the same illness infecting schools today: administrators with spectacularly inappropriate notions of how far their authority extends over their students’ lives.
Now the bad news: school officials could also afford to install webcams on those computers, and remotely activate the cams to spy on students and their families at home.
posted by Jennifer Abel at 8:46 PM
3 Comments:
As long as they make the kids say the Pledge of Allegiance every day, I'm okay with them.
The part of me that keeps a tin foil hat handy for emergencies is convinced that the gubmint can turn on our webcams without activating the "on" light.
However, that's a problem easily fixed with masking tape or even a post-it note. Using scotch magic tape will give the spies a headache from viewing a fuzzy picture for hours on end.
Back in the day, I recall cameras actually came with a sliding door on them. One of the reasons was so that they could sell them. Folks were worried about privacy. I still get antsy when I look at my camera... just sitting there... staring... at me...
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