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<DIV>You don't speak for me. And you are very poor reader if you believe that is what I think. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 2/22/10, Paul Rumelhart <I><godshatter@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Paul <SPAN><SPAN>Rumelhart</SPAN></SPAN> <godshatter@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: [Vision2020] More school laptop spy cam stupidity<BR>To: "vision 2020" <Vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 8:35 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Here is an article that was posted on a news site I read:<BR><BR><A href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20100221/2118128243.shtml" target=_blank>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" target=_blank>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 <SPAN>screenshots</SPAN> 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 that.<BR><BR>Paul<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A> <BR> mailto:<A href="http://us.mc447.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>=======================================================<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>