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Pennsylvania spycam case heating up

by Mel Martin (Apr 17th, 2010)

A student who says he was spied on by school officials on his Mac laptop has filed new claims in the case. Harriton High School sophomore Blake Robbins claims pictures were taken of him while he was asleep and only partially dressed, and instant messages that he sent to friends were captured. ...

Remote webcam activation now disabled in software that led to controversy at Pennsylvania school

by Mel Martin (Mar 8th, 2010)

The suburban Philadelphia school being investigated for spying on students using MacBook laptops will lose the ability to turn on the built-in cameras remotely when they update their security software. Absolute Software, new owners of the LANrev remote administration suite (formerly owned and ...