By Caitlin McCoy
At two high schools in a suburban Philadelphia district, there have been accusations that the school officials spied on families through laptops. Firstly, all of these laptops are issued by the school and have webcams. They can be activated from the school if they have been lost or stolen. However, the officials have been accused of not using the webcams specifically for this purpose. They are being accused for illegal electronic wire tapping.
Officials have spied on kids to make sure they are not misbehaving at home. By watching families they have given families no privacy. There is evidence that this is true from the photograph taken from the webcam in an official’s personal computer. Also, an assistant principal at one of the high schools was told by an official that her son had engaged in improper behavior at home. They have no reason or license by any means to do such a thing; it is not their responsibility to watch them. In fact, not even police can walk into a house without an invitation or warrant.
Obviously, the webcams have all been deactivated now and if they are to be reactivated, a written letter will be sent to all of the parents. However, this is in no way justifiable and I suspect the students will be much more apprehensive as to where they place their laptops. What the officials’ motives were behind this are somewhat unclear because they will not disclose the whole truth, but it does not seem to be in their favor whatsoever.
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