I'm just seeing this article tonight. But, I was talking to my DH (a programmer) earlier today. He was incredulous that anyone working in IT would go along with a plan involving spying via webcam on anyone at home. He said most people working in IT aren't shy about refusing to do something that's wrong because they KNOW the higher-ups will turn around and blame them later.
Yet, here's the school's IT guy admitting to it openly and proudly. :-0 Obviously, he was asked by the school to do it. But, it seems the IT department should've known better.
True, and most in their right minds would refuse, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the two-faced school administrators told him (1) their lawyers said it was OK and perfectly legal to do or (2) don't ask, don't tell, and don't get caught.
Oops.