Spying costs

Remember the school district that engaged in surveillance using the district laptops to spy on students at home, previously posted here and here? The school board just approved a $610,000 settlement.

FBI investigates school

The FBI is investigating whether school officials broke federal wiretap or computer-intrusion laws when they remotely accessed student's laptops and allegedly spied on student activities in their home.

They can do that?

It seems a public school has disciplined a student for conduct occurring in the student's home. The evidence of the improper conduct was a web cam picture taken on the school issued laptop. Ho Hum you say, No different than that compromising Facebook post? Hang on, this ain't dog bites man. More after the jump