Though a now-infamous Pennsylvania school district admitted to taking thousands of pictures of schoolchildren without their consent, federal investigators have decided not to pursue criminal charges. That doesn’t halt a class-action complaint against the district (which charges invasion of privacy and wiretapping) but a US attorney told reporters that FBI and police investigators hadn’t found proof beyond an affordable doubt that faculty employees had criminal intent to spy on students using their school-issued laptops.
On a related note, students returning to Lower Merion for a new school year can set their minds comfortable, as the college board just approved a new set of laptop regulations that (among other things) ban remote monitoring of microphones and webcams. Be happy to select through for technical loopholes at our more coverage link, and let’s hope this little LMSD soap opera is finally at an end.
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