So lets see, facts that Lower Merion school district is not disputing:
1) They put software on the laptop that could be remotely activated to record images
2) They did so with zero notice to parnts
3) There exists an image that was remotely captured
4) They viewed that image and used it as evidence to discipline a student.
Their only defense so far is that they claim to only activate the camera if the laptop is reported stolen. As if A) that explains why this camera was activated since the laptop was clearly not stolen and B) having activated it and seen that it was obviously not stolen, used the image against the student.
And now it seems that one of the security people charged with setting it all up had been running his mouth online about all the effort he put in to make it as hidden and un-disableable as possible.
Me thinks the school district is royally b-o-n-e-d on this one.
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