Attention

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent our advertisers

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Webcam-Spying School District Settles Out Of Court, FBI Declines To Press Charges

Looks like the Lower Merion School District will be paying off kids who got zinged by its laptop tracking program -- to the tune of some $610,000. As you might recall, there was quite a bit of hubbub earlier this year when students discovered that their school issued computers tended to activate their webcams and shoot the photos back to administrators. Apparently the FBI has decided not to bring any charges in the case after all, and the various families of the students settled with the school district out of court. And yes, the schools have discontinued the tracking program.

Source
at

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Print some money and give it to the kids.

That way none of us have to go to prison.

This was the thought process of the School Board.

October 13, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Anonymous said...

10:01

LM school district did not print any money to pay the kids. This school district is one of the wealthiest in the country. Every student gets an apple laptop to use, they just built a new school at the cost of 100 million dollars. A home next to the school starts in the high 700's and with in a couple blocks go to well over a million to a max of 10 million. Teachers there make 100,000 +. It ain't no wicomico county...LOL

In addition, the attorneys are getting over 400,000 of the 610,000 you do the math.

October 13, 2010 at 10:47 AM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)