Posted on 02/25/2010 5:18:17 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
The vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission could scarcely contain his scorn.
Before the commission was yet another appeal from a Philadelphia-area family, again seeking a break on unpaid electric and gas bills that by last year were closing in on $30,000.
This family lived in a $986,000 house on the Main Line. The breadwinner, until recently, had earned well more than $100,000 per year. Yet he and his wife were in hock to creditors, ranging from Uncle Sam to their former synagogue - and had regularly been stiffing Peco Energy for five years, breaking payment plan after payment plan
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
One thing to have a program that CAN be activated IF the laptop is reported stolen, quite another to have one that automatically activates when the puter is opened or roused from hibernation.
“You think I got this job ‘cause I’m an idiot?!? I got this job because I, I, I’m not an idiot!!!”
Ric Moranis- Head Office
If all they cared about was the location of the laptop they could use a GPS device. They don't need a video feed for that.
I’ve covered my webcam will electrical tape. /tinfoilhat
Oh, I totally agree with you. The school perps should lose their jobs/pensions, and spend some quality time with Tiny and Biscuit in the Pennsylvania Corrections System.
ISn’t it sad how readily we accept that a person could buy or build a home, and later in life not be able to “afford” to live in it because the yearly taxes on it are too high?
The family situation is irrelevant. If the school activated the laptop to find it they should have then shut if off and retrieved it or informed the family. The kid was called into the principal’s office because he was doing something ‘inappropriate’ at home - not because he stole the laptop or because the laptop didn’t have the security deposit. This is a red-herring defense.
AND - this news comes from a newspaper and we all know how accurate they are.
It’s not speculation:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=57750&tsp=1
“Michael and Holly Robbins, of Penn Valley, sued the district on behalf of their son, Blake, 15, who was confronted last year by an assistant principal for “improper behavior,” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The assistant principal showed Blake a photograph taken by a webcam and said it appeared as if the student was taking drugs.”
The software mfg has said that in their next revision of the software they will disable that feature (sort of like locking the barn door, but also admitting what the software DOES).
I do not have school aged children, but I feel that the school totally overstepped their bounds in this case.
That works too.
LOL!
Both of the recent laptop purchases I made had lojack as an option for purchase. You are absolutely right.
Considering I've shut down bot nets, Bittorrent servs running on school assets, pr0n re-directors, and gang activity, all in just the two years I've been here. That level of control is necessary.
There's a lot of hype and hyperbole in Stryde's article there. He's making publicly traded tools and simple scripting seem awfully sinister to those not versed in such matters.
>> Do you live where the temp goes above 80 or under 60?
Yes. I never use air-conditioning. I live in PA, not far from the family mentioned, though out of Peco territory.
LANRev is what they used. LANRev was purchased by Absolute. Absolute is LoJack.
Lojack makes complete sense in this situation.
Video? Remote into people’s homes?
Serious legal charges are in order.
“The kid was called into the principal’s office because he was doing something ‘inappropriate’ at home...”
According to the student, or according to the principal? We all know that children always tell the truth about the reason that they are called to the Office!
I have been so appalled. Can you imagine if anyone with access were a pedophile. OH! This is so scary.
What movie? Searched on “DIS-CO-NECT!” w/o success? Thanks in advance ... The ‘ol netflix queue needs some additions ;-)
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