Way Creepy - School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and hom

[angler]

Eyeroll?  That's it?  Apparently I'm being way too positive......

[ducpainter]

Eyeroll?  That's it?  Apparently I'm being way too positive......

I push the red button shortly after the eyeroll when provoked.

[erkishhorde]

Id picture them the same as those people who tried to kidnapp thsoe hatian kids.

They think they are doing something good, and are blinded by their own good will, that they dont realize what they are doing is very very disturbing and unethical.

Is it good will or self righteousness? Perhaps they are the same.

I don't know too many schools where the administration has the know-how to do that kinda stuff. I'm sure there had to be some IT guy setting up these comps. How come he's not throwing up red flags?

[angler]

I push the red button shortly after the eyeroll when provoked.

All in jest, all in jest.  Not out for provocation today......

[ducpainter]

All in jest, all in jest.  Not out for provocation today......

cool...

[Slide Panda]

I'm sure there had to be some IT guy setting up these comps. How come he's not throwing up red flags?

For teh sake of argument, it could have been a 3rd party firm doing the set up. Some tech got a work order to do xy and z and had no clue it was going to handed out to school kids. Even if he/she worked for the school, they might not have know the plan was to give the lappys to kids... Just playing devils advocate.

Regardless of the IT guy/gal my blame lies with the creep who cooked up this creepy notion. Man, if I ever have a kid and they come home with a device that has a camera - it's getting taped over.

[GAAN]

<swelling conspiracy theory paranoia>

<goes looking for electrical tape>

[triangleforge]

I hadn't heard about this until last night at the dinner table, shortly after I teased our teenage daughter that that her school (which, wouldn't you know, issues every student a MacBook with integrated cam...) is shifting to a new online system that allows us not only to keep tabs on her grades and assignments, but view a live webcam feed of her in class. That's when AM told me about the cameras turned the other direction and my little joke wasn't quite so funny.

OK, it was worth it, if just for the teen's "I'm not sure if I believe you, but regardless, I disapprove" look...   

[Slide Panda]

I hadn't heard about this until last night at the dinner table, shortly after I teased our teenage daughter that that her school (which, wouldn't you know, issues every student a MacBook with integrated cam...) is shifting to a new online system that allows us not only to keep tabs on her grades and assignments, but view a live webcam feed of her in class. That's when AM told me about the cameras turned the other direction and my little joke wasn't quite so funny.

Big difference between a camera in the class room that you as the parent know about and this...

[erkishhorde]

For teh sake of argument, it could have been a 3rd party firm doing the set up. Some tech got a work order to do xy and z and had no clue it was going to handed out to school kids. Even if he/she worked for the school, they might not have know the plan was to give the lappys to kids... Just playing devils advocate.

You wouldn't want you boss watching you while you're working either, right? I mean without you knowing of course. He can stand over your shoulder all he wants but spying on you? I've seen my dad bring home his IT work and do it in his underwear at home. Not sure his boss would wanna see that either. 

[triangleforge]

Big difference between a camera in the class room that you as the parent know about and this...

I agree; and an even bigger difference is that I was just pulling her leg and there isn't in fact a live webcam in her classroom(s).

[Slide Panda]

I agree; and an even bigger difference is that I was just pulling her leg and there isn't in fact a live webcam in her classroom(s).

No? Ah I caught a news teaser where they are actually doing that - cam feeds from class rooms. But it's something both kids, parents and staff all know about. I misunderstood and thought you meant that your child's school had rolled out a program liek that

[Popeye the Sailor]

Where's all the sense of humour?

If it was my kid.....and the laptop cam was on at random, I'm make sure it was aimed at a very interesting thing each and every time.


Think of the possibilities.

[Slide Panda]

Where's all the sense of humour?

If it was my kid.....and the laptop cam was on at random, I'm make sure it was aimed at a very interesting thing each and every time.


Think of the possibilities.

Well, if you knew, sure. have a ball. But they didn't tell folks that this was going on. So now you;ve got a camera and mic in your home that you have no idea is live? No bueno!

[Vindingo]

Well, if you knew, sure. have a ball. But they didn't tell folks that this was going on. So now you;ve got a camera and mic in your home that you have no idea is live? No bueno!

You get home from work early, kid is at his trumpet lessons, wifey is bent over pulling a pie out of the oven...  one thing leads to the other and you are the new amature vid on some porn site.