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Who's watching the class? Webcams in schools raise privacy issue
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:33:31 -0400
From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Who's watching the class? Webcams in schools raise privacy issue By Greg Toppo USA TODAY When students in Biloxi, Miss., show up this morning for the first day of the new school year, a virtual army of digital cameras will be recording every minute of every lesson in every classroom. Hundreds of Internet-wired video cameras will keep rolling all year long, in the hope that they'll deter crime and general misbehavior among the district's 6,300 students -- and teachers. ''It helps honest people be more honest,'' says district Superintendent Larry Drawdy, who, along with principals and security officers, can use a password to view classrooms from any computer. In an emergency, police also can tune in. --snip-- http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030811/5396054s.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com * Prague - CZ * telephone +420 603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html http://weblog.iconia.com
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