re School Admin Takes Fifth Amendment in "Peeping Tom" Case

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Dan Gillmor <dan () gillmor com>
> Date: April 29, 2010 1:12:49 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] School Admin Takes Fifth Amendment in "Peeping  
> Tom" Case

> If true, it's the first smart thing this person has done in the  
> entire affair.
>
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 6:35 AM, David Farber wrote:
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> > Date: April 18, 2010 3:55:37 PM EDT
> > To: undisclosed-recipient:;
> > Subject: School Admin Takes Fifth Amendment in "Peeping Tom" Case
> >
> >
> > School Admin Takes Fifth Amendment in "Peeping Tom" Case
> >
> > By David Murphy
> > 04.18.2010
> >
> > Lawyers for Harriton High School sophomore Blake Robbins are claiming
> > that the teenager's school district has used built-in tracking
> > software on students' laptops to take "thousands" of unauthorized
> > images, "including pictures of Blake partially undressed and of Blake
> > sleeping."
> >
> > The motion, filed April 15 by Michael and Holly Robbins, is the
> > latest salvo in a class-action lawsuit filed against the Lower Merion
> > School District of Ardmore, PA earlier this year. The issue of remote
> > laptop surveillance came to light after school administrators accused
> > Robbins of "improper behavior in his home," based on a photograph
> > that was taken through the school's remote-monitoring software,
> > LANrev.
> >
> > Around 2,300 students across two schools in the district have
> > received $1,000 Macintosh laptops for use with said software
> > preinstalled and, as allegedly confirmed by one of Harriton's
> > assistant principals, it can be remotely activated at any time, for
> > any reason.
> >
> > According to the lawsuit, "By virtue of the fact that the Webcam can
> > be remotely activated at any time by the School District, the Webcam
> > will capture anything happening in the room in which the laptop
> > computer is located, regardless of whether the student is sitting at
> > the computer and using it." Consequently, the suit is accusing the
> > school district of violating various federal and state statutes
> > against surveillance and wiretapping, including the federal
> > Electronics Communications Privacy Act.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362791,00.asp
> >
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