[IP] Who's watching the class? Webcams in schools raise privacy issue

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff@iconia.com>
> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>
> Who's watching the class? Webcams in schools raise privacy issue
>
> By Greg Toppo
> USA TODAY
>
> When students in Biloxi, Miss., show up this morning for the first day of
> the new school year, a virtual army of digital cameras will be recording
> every minute of every lesson in every classroom.
>
> Hundreds of Internet-wired video cameras will keep rolling all year long, in
> the hope that they'll deter crime and general misbehavior among the
> district's 6,300 students -- and teachers.
>
> ''It helps honest people be more honest,'' says district Superintendent
> Larry Drawdy, who, along with principals and security officers, can use a
> password to view classrooms from any computer. In an emergency, police also
> can tune in.
>
> --snip--
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030811/5396054s.htm
>
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