School accused of off-campus Webcam spying
I know that there are many parents who would dearly love to spy on their children. Some, because they think their kids might be up to no good. Some, because they think their kids might be up to something so very not good that it might be illegal. So I am rather moved with concern at a spying accusation that has reportedly been leveled by parents at a Philadelphia-area school district.
According to Computerworld, a class action lawsuit has been served upon the Lower Merion School District, based in Ardmore, Pa. It declares that the school district has taken on surveillance methods of which a sex video store owner or that nice Stasi man in the movie "The Lives of Others" would have been proud.
What is alleged to have occurred is that the parents of student Blake Robbins received word in November from an official at Harriton High School that their son has been involved in "improper behavior in his home."
