Lower Merion School in the US have been issued with a lawsuit after remotely activating web cameras on laptops given to students for their work while at home. The shocking discovery came after a student was told off my a teacher for misbehaving at home while on the laptop. The school claimed the remote access was for security purposes only in case the laptops got stolen but clearly they hadn’t thought it though properly. Still images could be taken of student minors and also other family members possibly in state of undress. Not only that but there are major implications if the software used for remote access was to be hacked. Hackers could potentially gain access to thousands of students laptops remotely.
Surely a more efficient and effective alternative would be to have background service software that could connect to a server remotely logging IP address? It’s something the software companies have used for years to find out who you are and what’s on your computer so why not schools as well?
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