FBI investigating Lower Merion School District over laptop spying (plus a commemorative tee)

By at 9:37 pm Monday, Feb 22

The FBI has opened an investigation into the PA's Lower Merion School Board use of covert webcam software to spy on its students. And someone's made a t-shirt to commemorate the event.
The FBI and a Philadelphia-area prosecutor are looking into whether a school district broke the law when it remotely activated cameras on school-owned laptops and watched students in their homes.
Pa. School Faces FBI Probe, Lawsuit, for Using Webcams on Laptops to Watch Students at Home (Thanks, Xeni!)
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