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No criminal charges in Pennsylvania MacBook spying probe

by Mel Martin (Aug 17th, 2010)

The Associated Press is reporting that a federal investigation into the possible misuse of webcams on Apple laptops did not find criminal intent. The investigation was at a suburban Philadelphia school district that used special software that wound up covertly snapping images of students who were ...

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 ...

Did a Pennsylvania school district use iSight to iSpy?

by Mel Martin (Feb 22nd, 2010)

The FBI and lots of parents want to know if school-issued MacBooks were used to spy on students at a suburban Philadelphia school. Earlier today, a federal judge was asked to stop the school from destroying any records or logs from the 2,300 laptops that were used by high school students that ...