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The webcam episode that won’t go away


December 22, 2011 by Jake Simms

A Pennsylvania student is suing her school district for spying on her via a laptop webcam – wait a minute! Didn’t you hear about this last year? 

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Privacy trumps security in Webcam spying case


October 23, 2010 by Jake Simms

Protecting school-owned computer equipment just got trickier. Here’s why:

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Laptop spying: $260K … to start


September 10, 2010 by Claire Knight

The laptop spying saga that started six months ago just won’t end. And now prices have to be paid. Here’s the latest:

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PA laptop saga continues


August 14, 2010 by Claire Knight

Chapter two in the tech scandal that won’t go away: Another student has filed suit against Lower Merion School District. Here’s the latest:

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Winner in laptop spying case? The lawyers!


July 3, 2010 by Jake Simms

Lower Merion School District (PA) must bitterly regret letting school administrators activate the Webcams on students’ laptops:

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Webcam spying case: The plot thickens


May 13, 2010 by Jake Simms

A Pennsylvania school district thought it had carte blanche to protect its laptops — and now it’s caught in a legal nightmare.

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Laptop spying case: Who’s REALLY right?


March 18, 2010 by Jake Simms

Cha-ching! The parents who sued the Lower Merion Township (PA) school district for spying on them via their son’s laptop may win sooner rather than later.

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