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Re: big brother at school
From: Dave Paris <dparis () w3works com>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:41:18 -0500
I'd say there are multiple, *potentially* plausible explanations. However, the fatal mistake on the part of the school district was to be caught behind the 8-ball and have the class-action suit filed first. True or otherwise, every statement they make after the filing of the suit is highly suspect and likely viewed as backpedaling and ass-covering. My gut says they have one hell task to provide a mountain of proof to the contrary ahead of them. When you've got this much public outrage, you're starting out at the bottom of a very, very deep hole. Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
I *really* hate to pour cold water on this loverly outburst of outrage, but I came across something that is really, really interesting: http://www.lmsd.org/sections/news/default.php?m=0&t=today&p=lmsd_anno&id=1 137 It may be that the school and schoolboard officials have been blithely spying on all their students, snooping via illicit Webcam every night at times when students might be assumed to be getting undressed and ready for bed (or early in the morning when they might be getting ready for showers). It might be equally possible that a student, having been "given" a high-priced Apple laptop by the school and/or district, decided to see if he could score an extra one, possibly to sell. And, having reported his laptop stolen, got caught. The Webcam mention may be a complete red herring, mentioned only because Apple laptops have Webcams. Or, the appropriate school official, having tracked down the laptop, decided to complete the proof, simply by having a look and determining if the student was, in fact, operating the computer when the anti- theft software said he was. We will not, of course, know which of these two scenarios (or any of a number of other possibilities) are true for quite some time ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more. - famous American reviewer and wit, Dorothy Parker victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/NoticeBored http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: big brother at school, (continued)
- Re: big brother at school Blanchard_Michael (Feb 18)
- Re: big brother at school Rich Kulawiec (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school Benjamin Brown (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school Rich Kulawiec (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school Dave Paris (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school phester (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school Dave Paris (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school Tomas L. Byrnes (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school Dave Paris (Feb 19)
- Re: big brother at school Rich Kulawiec (Feb 20)
- Re: big brother at school Benjamin Brown (Feb 22)
- Re: big brother at school Benjamin Brown (Feb 22)
- Re: big brother at school Vaughn, Randal L. (Feb 22)
- Re: big brother at school Chris Boyd (Feb 22)
- Re: big brother at school Rich Kulawiec (Feb 23)
- Re: big brother at school chris (Feb 23)
- Re: big brother at school Rich Kulawiec (Feb 25)
- Re: big brother at school Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 25)
- Re: big brother at school der Mouse (Feb 25)