Comments on: Don’t spy on my children! http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/ The views of one man on security, privacy and anything else that catches his attention Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Network Security Blog » LMSD should have used due process http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-5888 Network Security Blog » LMSD should have used due process Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:35:41 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/#comment-5888 [...] the Lower Merion School District forgot in their rush to use camera’s on student laptops to spy on the kids and prove wrong-doing that may or may not have been [...] [...] the Lower Merion School District forgot in their rush to use camera’s on student laptops to spy on the kids and prove wrong-doing that may or may not have been [...]

]]> By: Network Security Blog » Interview in the LMSD case http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-5887 Network Security Blog » Interview in the LMSD case Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:35:08 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/#comment-5887 [...] School District.  I’m glad I didn’t see the interview before I’d written my previous post on the situation.  If what the family says is true, almost every statement that the school has made so far is [...] [...] School District.  I’m glad I didn’t see the interview before I’d written my previous post on the situation.  If what the family says is true, almost every statement that the school has made so far is [...]

]]> By: innismir.net — LMSD just a sign of things to come? http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-5885 innismir.net — LMSD just a sign of things to come? Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:02:16 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/#comment-5885 [...] the privacy of students that used them. The information security community I follow on Twitter, Martin Mckeay in general, are up in arms regarding the school’s behavior, and rightly so. But, with the way things are [...] [...] the privacy of students that used them. The information security community I follow on Twitter, Martin Mckeay in general, are up in arms regarding the school’s behavior, and rightly so. But, with the way things are [...]

]]> By: The Ashimmy Blog http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-5881 The Ashimmy Blog Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:21:12 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/#comment-5881 <strong>The road to perdition is paved with good intentions...</strong> So Captain Privacy, my friend Martin McKeay has reacted with the expected outrage over the disclosure that a school district in Pennsylvania had installed “spying” software (not spyware mind you, spying software) on some school issued laptops. I won’t ... The road to perdition is paved with good intentions…

So Captain Privacy, my friend Martin McKeay has reacted with the expected outrage over the disclosure that a school district in Pennsylvania had installed “spying” software (not spyware mind you, spying software) on some school issued laptops. I won’t …

]]> By: Carl http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-5880 Carl Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:02:46 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/#comment-5880 Excellent post Martin. I couldn't agree more with you. What were they thinking? This was a very bad and stupid idea. Like @securityintern said "It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out." Excellent post Martin. I couldn’t agree more with you. What were they thinking? This was a very bad and stupid idea. Like @securityintern said “It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out.”

]]> By: @securityintern http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-5876 @securityintern Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:35:32 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2010/02/20/dont-spy-on-my-children/#comment-5876 School systems seemingly play by their own rules so often, they have lost all sense of propriety and legality in the process. On the aside, I was encouraged by the students questioning of their laptops behaviour. In the comments of the original Boing Boing post on this issues, students from LMSD stated that they had questioned IT about the "green light". They were given pat answers, but awareness is good. It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out. School systems seemingly play by their own rules so often, they have lost all sense of propriety and legality in the process. On the aside, I was encouraged by the students questioning of their laptops behaviour. In the comments of the original Boing Boing post on this issues, students from LMSD stated that they had questioned IT about the “green light”. They were given pat answers, but awareness is good.

It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out.

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