Hold onto your butts, kids, we've got a doozy of a story. Let's take this one slow: a class-action lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania accusing the Lower Merion school district of "unauthorized, inappropriate and indiscriminate remote activation of a webcam contained within a laptop computer issued to students by the School District" -- without prior knowledge or consent, of course. The tale begins when Assistant Principle Lindy Mastko of Harriton High School informed a student that he was "engaged in improper behavior in his home" and when asked how she knew, the suit alleges Mastko verified to both the boy and his father of the capability for the school district to remotely activate the webcam -- and apparently, that capability is being used.
The school district has yet to respond to the accusations, so at this point
