Spy Cam

The FBI is now involved in case involving a high school student in Pennsylvania. Apparently a school official spied on the student at home through is school issued laptop. The official caught the student engaging in inappropriate behavior and punished him when he returned to class. The parents of the student flied a lawsuit against the school district and now the case is being reviewed by FBI officials. I think that monitoring a student through myspace or facebook is a violation of privacy, but it is in part the students fault for supplying the evidence. This case is absolutely ridiculous because the student had no idea that he was being watched and this is a complete violation of his privacy. On Friday a school superintendent issued this statement,"At no time did any high school administrator have the ability or actually access the security-tracking software," he said. "We believe that the administrator at Harriton has been unfairly portrayed and unjustly attacked in connection with her attempts to be supportive of a student and his family. The district never did and never would use such tactics as a basis for disciplinary action." The school is now trying to defend their effort in trying to protect the student and his family by monitoring his actions. Again, this case makes me laugh.