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ITT: Things you do that you thought no one else does.
We may never know the truth, but at least we can now frolic naked in front of our MacBooks without fearing that dreaded green light. ]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/I'll take the latter for $500, Alex.]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Yep. For some reason in this world, its always the IT dept's fault. And I bet the teacher that activated it still has a job.]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
Actually it did. IIRC, the guards were let off. It was the people that held power that had to reap what they sowed.]]>Mar 9th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
Godwin sends his regards.]]>Mar 9th 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
Every school has their own policies for their student, but this one is quite absurd and getting out of hand. Another laptop spying case, but this time the school admits it. Story: http://bit.ly/school-spying-on-kids-worst]]>Mar 9th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://hitlernews.cloudworth.com/nazi-death-camp-guards.php

Don't like WW2 references, how about Abu Ghraib? The bosses didn't go down did they? It was the guards.

Nobody gets away by saying his boss told him to do it. I served six years in the military. Even we are taught that if given an unlawful order, you have to decline it. ]]>Mar 9th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
OR you can just put a piece of electrical tape over the camera and not care either.]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
Tape? On my shiny Macbook! Are you MAD!]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
If they saw me frolicking naked in front of my web cam, they'd be struck dumb and blind for the remainder of their lives. It'd serve them right.

Nothing like a fat, bald, pasty white guy to ruin your fun.

P.S. I apologize to those of you eating breakfast for the unpleasant visuals.
]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
I party naked even when the green light is on.]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
everyone knows that the green light means go for naked partying. dont they?]]>Mar 9th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
More importantly, the original school statement said things to the tone of "stolen property" and "good intentions", this web of lies is disintegrating, or more tangled. ]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/yeah the story i read said it was an assistant principal who confronted the student about their "inappropriate behavior in the home", but it never said who actually accessed the camera (nobody's going to admit to that one at this point), i have a feeling if it was the IT guys who misused the cameras they would have simply been fired when caught, or we'd be hearing about a lawsuit against them, not the school district.]]>Mar 9th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
And then they filed a suit because no where in any agreements did it say anything about the use of the cameras remotely for any reason.
And a number of other students have reported the camera light coming on when their laptops were not stolen and being told it was a random glitch with the light and that's all. ]]>Mar 9th 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
No, that would never happen. Law school Rule #1: You go for the deep pockets, even if they were only tangentially associated. The IT guys are too poor, but the school district is attached to the deep pockets of the government (AKA the taxpayer). ]]>Mar 9th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
Lets see. School claims that it only uses the cams to find stolen laptops, yet there was no indication the boys laptop was stolen. Then school claims its done nothing wrong yet, IT guys get suspended.

Yeah right. We're gonna see some interesting information come forward in the months to come.]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
Guess their lawyers forgot to add the addendum "However, a number of unauthorized individuals could turn it on anytime they wanted.".

Boy, are they going to get sued...
]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
Hey follow these orders or you're fired I don't care if we're telling you to do something wrong...oh by the way you did something wrong so you're fired.]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
They actually had to release an update for this to be an 'option'? ]]>Mar 9th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
With the forthcoming update there will be NO ability to remotely turn on the iSight whatsoever. LANrev is simply removing this entire feature from it's suite, which IMO, is ridiculous. ]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
And I bet the IT guys getting canned weren't the ones deciding to spy on kids but higher level admins in the school. ]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/But would you trust every IT and their coworkers everywhere this is used?]]>Mar 9th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
But I do think this should be dealt with on a school-by-school basis. LANrev's blanket removal still isn't something I agree with. ]]>Mar 9th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/The "safest" way this could be used, imo, is that said option to turn on the camera is left, but can be activated only using an encrypted key, different for each computer.
All keys would be only known by, say, a government bureau or the cops, something that is regulated and transparent. And to get such key you would have to file a demand towards them (I mean, if you, as a school employee suspect someone to have stolen a school computer you have to notify the cops anyway), like this every time someone turns the camera on it would be known.
But even that way I don't really like the idea.]]>Mar 9th 2010 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
I certainly don't trust you or anyone you mentioned, but that's not to say you're an untrustworthy guy. ]]>Mar 9th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 11th 2010 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 11th 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
I'm sorry sir you cant do that, this is a Starbucks.]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/
No its not so for goodness-sake put your clothes back on as I wasn't expecting to see you nude and choked on my candy bar!! ]]>Mar 9th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/spying-school-district-update-remote-webcam-functionality-disab/Mar 9th 2010 10:11AM