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School administrator boasts to PBS about his laptop spying
boing boing ^ | February 25, 2010 | Cory Doctorow

Posted on 02/26/2010 7:13:34 AM PST by OL Hickory

He says "They don't even realize we are watching," "I always like to mess with them and take a picture," and "9 times out of 10, THEY DUCK OUT OF THE WAY."

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Education; Local News; Reference
KEYWORDS: administrator; laptop; school; spying

1 posted on 02/26/2010 7:13:35 AM PST by OL Hickory
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To: OL Hickory

See also:

http://market-ticker.org/archives/2015-Oh,-The-Spying-Its-Not-Just-In-Pennsylvania.html


2 posted on 02/26/2010 7:22:33 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: OL Hickory

But these laptops were used only WITHIN the school.

Of course if you are in school, a teacher can look at you and see what you are doing. Perhaps a live teacher with a ruler would be more effective, however.


3 posted on 02/26/2010 7:23:29 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: OL Hickory

Last line in the story:
“I don’t know for sure, but I have a suspicion that being a kid today would absolutely suck. “

I often have the same thoughts!


4 posted on 02/26/2010 7:27:01 AM PST by ozark hilljilly
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To: OL Hickory
How about he answer some questions like:
"Have you taken photos of underage boys or girls in states of undress while monitoring them?"
"Who authorized you to monitor students?"
"Is there a list of specific students you were to monitor? If so, who produced that list?"
"Back to the questions of taking photos... where are those photos now?"
"Have you ever sent them to others?"
"Do you have a lawyer?"
"How much do you think a good criminal lawyer will cost?"
"How much do you think a good civil lawyer will cost?"
"Is this fun for you?"
"Have you ever heard the term 'Frog March'?"

I wonder how he'll answer those questions?

5 posted on 02/26/2010 7:28:05 AM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: theDentist

My questions are for the folks who were monitoring students AT HOME. Sorry for not making that clear in that post.


6 posted on 02/26/2010 7:30:36 AM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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<Perhaps a live teacher with a ruler would be more effective, however.

LOL. Another proud graduate of the Sister Mary Tailgunner School of Behavior Modification?


7 posted on 02/26/2010 7:31:31 AM PST by radiohead (Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
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To: theDentist
"I wonder how he'll answer those questions?"

Do you like gladiator movies?

8 posted on 02/26/2010 7:44:38 AM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (FDR had the New Deal. President 0bama has the Raw Deal.)
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To: OL Hickory

Government schools are mostly run by left-wing thugs who view children as state property and view parents as a nuisance - opinionated parents as criminals.


9 posted on 02/26/2010 7:46:45 AM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: radiohead

No, I never had the pleasure.

But even in rich suburban towns in the sixties, the teachers sometimes grabbed a kid and told him to behave or else.


10 posted on 02/26/2010 7:57:43 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: Only1choice____Freedom

*chuckle*


11 posted on 02/26/2010 8:13:14 AM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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