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Charles Grimm Jonathan Garcia. Lower Merion Scandal. Overview. One-to-One program LANrev The s candal unfolds The outcome Ethics. One-to-One Program. Lower Merion School District (LMSD) loans MacBooks to it’s students Acceptable-use contract necessary for students and parents
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Charles Grimm Jonathan Garcia Lower Merion Scandal
Overview • One-to-One program • LANrev • The scandal unfolds • The outcome • Ethics
One-to-One Program • Lower Merion School District (LMSD)loans MacBooks to it’s students • Acceptable-use contract necessary for students and parents • Each laptop had LANrev installed • Remote activation tracking and monitoring software • Users not informed of LANrev
LANrev • School’s intended purpose: to recover the laptop if it goes missing or stolen • Theft Track • Capabilities: • Can be activated at anytime remotely • IP tracking • Screen-capture • Image-capture via webcam
Events • Blake Robbins called into office and disciplined based on an image captured with LANrev • Robbins family files class action lawsuit against LMSD • JulilHasan informed LANrev had run for two months straight on his computer • Second lawsuit by Hasan family filed
Outcome • Judge orders One-to-One policy to be revamped • District settles with Robbins and Hasan • Total of $610,000 • Absolute Software disables Theft Track
Ethical Analysis • Social Contract Theory • Privacy vs Property rights • Utilitarianism • Provided students with resources despite violations • Kantianism • The school unintentionally deceived students
Resources • http://cultureandcommunication.org/tdm/s10/03/02/how-can-somebody-spy-on-your-webcam/ • http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/school-under-fire-for-spying-on-kid-via-webcam-at-home.ars • http://articles.philly.com/2010-07-28/news/24972175_1_webcam-monitoring-system-culinary-school • http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2010/02/spy-at-harrington-high.html • http://www.tekgoblin.com/2010/02/21/lmsd-response-to-webcam-privacy-allegation • http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/19/laptop.suit/?hpt=Sbin • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School_District • http://craphound.com/robbins17.pdf • http://articles.philly.com/2010-10-12/news/24981536_1_laptop-students-district-several-million-dollars