More about HS laptop scandal

Although we don't necessarily have a clear picture yet of what happened with the laptops the high school in Pennsylvania dispensed to students with the snooping web cam software, more is coming out today as the school tries to defend itself and the students speak out. The student who initiated the lawsuit says he was accused of popping pills; according to earlier reports, the vice principal handed the student a picture of him digesting the substance, and now it is revealed that the school was trying to "save" the student from a drug problem. This is absurd. If this is all true, people will go to jail for this. Although the school says it only used the webcams 43 times, how do we know? How is anyone sure? And if the accusation that was made against the targeted student WAS because of the supposed pill digestion, how did the district happen to turn on the webcam at just the right time to see it? No, this looks bad. Really bad. And it is indicative of the attitude of IT departments all across the country: they know best. You shouldn't question or try to figure anything out because you're too stupid. Read it here:

Blake Robbins, the teen at the center of the controversy, told Hill it all began when Harriton High School administrators falsely accused him of selling drugs and taking pills; then said they had webcam images to prove it. Blake says the pictures are of him eating candies. Blake's mother, Holly Robbins, says she "was panicked" when she learned what was going on. "I thought this was just horrifying, that somebody could, especially the school, come into my home and spy on my son, and my daughter - she's 18 years old. And it was scary. It was like having a Peeping Tom."