School laptops took thousands of images

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School laptops took thousands of images
John P. Martin
Philadelphia Inquirer
April 16, 2010
      
The system that Lower Merion school officials used to track lost and stolen laptops wound up secretly capturing thousands of images, including photographs of students in their homes, Web sites they visited, and excerpts of their online chats, says a new motion filed in a suit against the district.

More than once, the motion asserts, the camera on Robbins' school-issued laptop took photos of Robbins as he slept in his bed. Each time, it fired the images off to network servers at the school district.

Back at district offices, the Robbins motion says, employees with access to the images marveled at the tracking software. It was like a window into "a little LMSD soap opera," a staffer is quoted as saying in an e-mail to Carol Cafiero, the administrator running the program.

"I know, I love it," she is quoted as having replied.

Those details, disclosed in the motion filed late Thursday in federal court by Robbins' attorney, offer a wider glimpse into the now-disabled program that spawned Robbins' lawsuit and has shined an international spotlight on the district.

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Here is the link, http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20100415_Lawyer__Laptops_took_thousands_of_photos.html

If this is real, it looks like a several people should be fired, apologies should be made and lots of money in damages should be paid out.  But this kind of stuff makes sense.  This is normal stuff for government school systems and cops.  I highly doubt any of the cops or government security folks are going to be fired or jailed for this.