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Tuesday, 9 March 2010


Parents accuse a school in America of spying on their kids.

Parents accuse a school in America of spying on their kids.

A school in the United States has been accused of spying on its pupils using cameras built in to laptops.

Parents of a pupil in Philadelphia have filed a lawsuit against the school district of Pennsylvania claiming that staff told them that the camera on the school-issue laptop caught their son doing something “inappropriate” at home. This has led parents to fear that the school were able to remotely operate computers’ webcams.

However, the school district claims the cameras were only ever activated to track any of its 2,300 laptops if they were reported missing, lost or stolen.

 

Do you think it is necessary for teachers to monitor what a pupil gets up to, or do you think it is invading their privacy?

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  • immyb (Age 13) wrote on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 @ 17:22

    Well i suppose if they are looking for a stolen laptop but spying on a child now that is just wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • kieran (Age 9) wrote on Friday, 12 March 2010 @ 06:39

    i would not likee them spying on me

  • Didi (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 13 March 2010 @ 06:52

    I think it is very rude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>

  • Didi (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 13 March 2010 @ 06:53

    It is very rude.!!!!!!

  • firstnew (Age 10) wrote on Saturday, 13 March 2010 @ 16:59

    I realy would hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • bearby wrote on Saturday, 13 March 2010 @ 19:11

    thats not nice to do that,teachers are meant to help you.

  • bearby wrote on Saturday, 13 March 2010 @ 19:14

    it relay invades your personal space.

  • Jangles97 (Age 14) wrote on Monday, 15 March 2010 @ 18:57

    it is so very rude

  • twitch (Age 13) wrote on Monday, 15 March 2010 @ 19:59

    Thats sick can't you sue people for that.

  • Boo890 (Age 13) wrote on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 @ 13:12

    I would sue them! I would smash their laptops! It's our privacy, why do they want to know anyways???? STUPID IDIOTS!!!! BOO890

  • sooty122 (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 27 April 2010 @ 16:18

    that is plain rude! i would keep the laptop take the camera out and never give it back