"I’ve never been one for big brother conspiracy theories. In my opinion, the government can barely get its collective pants on in the morning most days, but it looks like big government is being replaced by the local level, where, as they say, your vote really counts. A local school district in Philadelphia had a nice program to assign computers to students. Knowing quite a few people in the public school systems, I’m familiar with the fact that many teachers can’t take advantage of technology tools because they can’t assume their students have a computer. Things we find normal in the workforce like sending out an email to distribute information isn’t possible in the schools, especially the poorer schools...." - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

It's going to very interesting to see what the facts are in this case - there can never be any justification for this. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

That is a nice blog post, if I do say so myself ;) - Eric @ CS Techcast

On a more serious note, I can't think of a single reason to use a webcam without notification. Even in the case of stolen or missing laptops, there are much better ways of tracking down the equipment. It just screams abuse, any way you slice it. - Eric @ CS Techcast

I wonder how many times this is happening again, right now? - WoH: Professor MOTHRA