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<DIV><FONT size=2>If there isn't, there should be federal, state, and local
felony level laws prohibiting and punishing severely this kind of
snooping. The same goes for intercepting private emails, live and recorded
chats, documents in-transit and residing on storage devices, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I was on a forum (not any more) where private messages between
members were intercepted, and sometimes not then forwarded.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I have unsuccessfully tried to motivate Senator Crapo about
this problem, spam problems, and malware problems for several years. All I
get back is a form letter expressing concern and a promise that some action may
occur in the future. Perhaps it is time for all of us to contact all our
federal and state senators and representatives about these issues
again.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow,
ID 83843</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:waf@moscow.com">waf@moscow.com</A><BR>208
882-7975</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=godshatter@yahoo.com href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">Paul
Rumelhart</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 22, 2010 12:35
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] More school laptop
spy cam stupidity</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Here is an article that was posted on a news site I
read:<BR><BR><A
href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20100221/2118128243.shtml">http://techdirt.com/articles/20100221/2118128243.shtml</A><BR><BR>Apparently,
the student is claiming that the "inappropriate behavior" he was allegedly
engaged in was eating Mike & Ike candies. The administrators
presumably thought they were drugs, and hilarity ensued.<BR><BR>Also, here is
a blog that talks about the software allegedly on these laptops, some of the
people involved, and so forth:<BR><BR><A
href="http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2010/02/spy-at-harrington-high.html">http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2010/02/spy-at-harrington-high.html</A><BR><BR>Some
highlights:<BR><BR>Students were complaining problems with the machines
because the green light that indicated the camera was on would flash at odd
times. They were told it was a glitch and the student would be offered a
replacement laptop.<BR><BR>Students were forbidden to jailbreak their laptops,
and could face serious trouble if they did so, including
expulsion.<BR><BR>Laptop use was mandatory for classes.<BR><BR>Students using
their personal laptops would get them confiscated if they were
found.<BR><BR>Laptop cameras could not be disabled (except by physically
covering them over with tape).<BR><BR>The software, if it thought it the
laptop was stolen (which it would if it was outside of the "home" network),
would take screenshots and pictures and upload them to their servers at
regular intervals along with some other technical information like IP
address.<BR><BR>The computers, when used at student's home, would be outside
of the "home" network, and would thus presumably send regular snapshots to
their server.<BR><BR>Unbelievable. Nobody but Donovan would allow this
in a sane world.<BR><BR>It's my understanding that children (and we're talking
high school students here) do actually have one or two basic rights.
Perhaps I'm wrong about
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