School district defends using Orwellian telescreens

[dexander]

Lower Merion School District now claims their spycams were only activated if a laptop was lost or stolen. How does this fit with the use of a picture from one of these as evidence of student misbehavior at home? When did we cede the right to discipline children at home to the school district anyway? This whole affair reeks of totalitarianism.

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[artificialpuppy]

Indeed, though I am surprised that no one figured it out sooner.

[metaed]

Here http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/mac/ is a laptop theft recovery product which, if it isn't what the school used, is direct competition. They have an edition specifically for school districts