The Associated Press reports that the judge in the Lower Merion School District webcam case says that the FBI can view computer evidence gathered through a lawsuit by the family of one student that accuses the district of electronically spying on students. Although a number of blogs I’ve read in the past few weeks seemed…
Category: U.S.
U.S. Supreme Court: Justices might like national ID card
Michael Kirkland of UPI reports: Americans are facing the prospect, some say the specter, of a national ID card. At least one civil liberties advocate warns the proposed card would bring government “into the very center of our lives.” The card — part of a much larger Democratic proposal in Congress for immigration reform revealed…
Your Email Is Not Private (On One Side of the Hudson)
Adam B. writes: … NYC doctor’s office. Doctor installs keystroke logging software on an office computer and doesn’t tell anyone, and tells an employee to only use that computer. Doctor uses the results of the keystroke logging software to log into the employee’s personal email account, review emails, print out some of them, and emails…
L. Merion won’t block feds in Web-cam case
John P. Martin reports: One investigation into the Lower Merion School District’s laptop fiasco is done. But as the district tries to move on, another probe churns. Lawyers for the district, some Lower Merion parents, and the Harriton High School sophomore whose lawsuit spotlighted the school system’s use of Web-camera monitoring said Wednesday that they…