School spies on kids through student laptops

[roguebanshee]

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/17/schoo...ed-student.html

According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools' administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families.

I'm not sure I can think of anything that would validate the ability to covertly record what happens in a kids room.