Comments on: School ‘Spied On Pupils At Home Through Webcams’? http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/ The official Derren Brown Blog Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Hul http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-53739 Hul Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:08:01 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-53739 For all you people saying it's the childrens' fault for having the computers with the webcams in their room, consider this. If I were to generously gift a near friend of mine a very good book, soo good in fact, that she'd probably decide to keep it in her bedroom, and I were to just conveniently forget to mention the hidden camera streaming videos of her "in her birthday suit", would it be her fault for stupidly keeping a book in her bedroom? take taht story, and change it to be about a child, and you have a recipe for the most disgusting child pornography news story ever encountered. Or you could just scroll up a bit and read the news story again. Get my point? :P For all you people saying it’s the childrens’ fault for having the computers with the webcams in their room, consider this.

If I were to generously gift a near friend of mine a very good book, soo good in fact, that she’d probably decide to keep it in her bedroom, and I were to just conveniently forget to mention the hidden camera streaming videos of her “in her birthday suit”, would it be her fault for stupidly keeping a book in her bedroom?

take taht story, and change it to be about a child, and you have a recipe for the most disgusting child pornography news story ever encountered. Or you could just scroll up a bit and read the news story again.

Get my point? :P

]]> By: Max Kappa http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-52634 Max Kappa Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:04:22 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-52634 the web cam can only be remotely activated if the laptop is open. Just close the screen. Also, the school is seriously in the wrong. You need a court order to place surveillance on individuals. they say it was for security if the laptop was stolen,to try and get it back. But they were not reported stolen, so why are the controlling staff accessing the cameras other than for porn. plus, how stupid do they have to be. "hi parent of our student, we have been watching your child on a web cam without your permission and see they are doing something inappropriate" - watching them is inappropriate you losers. the web cam can only be remotely activated if the laptop is open. Just close the screen.

Also, the school is seriously in the wrong. You need a court order to place surveillance on individuals.

they say it was for security if the laptop was stolen,to try and get it back. But they were not reported stolen, so why are the controlling staff accessing the cameras other than for porn.

plus, how stupid do they have to be. “hi parent of our student, we have been watching your child on a web cam without your permission and see they are doing something inappropriate” – watching them is inappropriate you losers.

]]> By: _JonBaxter_ http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-52539 _JonBaxter_ Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:03:14 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-52539 @Maureen Yeah, we have cctv camera's everywhere in every city. 3/4 of them don't work because they're either broken or just casings to hang a movable camera in if area crime trends rise...the rest noone is watching. Cctv is a joke in this country. Only place it's ever monitered is in shopping centres and the odd traffic camera :D @Maureen

Yeah, we have cctv camera’s everywhere in every city. 3/4 of them don’t work because they’re either broken or just casings to hang a movable camera in if area crime trends rise…the rest noone is watching.

Cctv is a joke in this country. Only place it’s ever monitered is in shopping centres and the odd traffic camera :D

]]> By: cg http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-52517 cg Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:07:33 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-52517 I am near where this school district is located and am a news reporter-I've attended many school board meetings, though I've never covered this particular district. There have been several updates to this story since the British Telegraph article. Out of 2,300 distributed laptops, cameras have been activated 42 times, according to the school district, which states it has a policy of activating them when a laptop is reported lost or stolen. Only two district officials (in IT) have authorization or passwords to do this. So it shouldn't be to hard to figure out what really happened. The FBI has just gotten involved in the case too, to determine if the district engaged in illegal wiretapping in doing this. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100219/ap_on_hi_te/us_laptops_spying_on_students I am near where this school district is located and am a news reporter-I’ve attended many school board meetings, though I’ve never covered this particular district. There have been several updates to this story since the British Telegraph article. Out of 2,300 distributed laptops, cameras have been activated 42 times, according to the school district, which states it has a policy of activating them when a laptop is reported lost or stolen. Only two district officials (in IT) have authorization or passwords to do this. So it shouldn’t be to hard to figure out what really happened.
The FBI has just gotten involved in the case too, to determine if the district engaged in illegal wiretapping in doing this. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100219/ap_on_hi_te/us_laptops_spying_on_students

]]> By: Maureen http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-52516 Maureen Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:05:43 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-52516 Don't forget you British people... you guys have CCTV cameras virtually everywhere in London watching you all the time... talk about Big Brother! Don’t forget you British people… you guys have CCTV cameras virtually everywhere in London watching you all the time… talk about Big Brother!

]]> By: Maureen http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-52515 Maureen Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:04:02 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-52515 wow, complete invasion of privacy. That's pretty scary wow, complete invasion of privacy. That’s pretty scary

]]> By: steffjade http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-52505 steffjade Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:44:45 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-52505 “engaged in improper behaviour in his home”...one can only imagine too well what a teenage boy gets up to at home... :D “engaged in improper behaviour in his home”…one can only imagine too well what a teenage boy gets up to at home… :D

]]> By: Lady Claire http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-52504 Lady Claire Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:42:41 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-52504 This is sort of the reason why I won't ever get a web cam..... LC x This is sort of the reason why I won’t ever get a web cam…..

LC x

]]> By: Jess xxx http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-52496 Jess xxx Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:09:36 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-52496 Okay, firstly, what business is it of the school's if their students get up to 'improper behaviour' in their own homes? And secondly, I think filming someone when they are not aware that they are being filmed is a bit improper, don't you? So-called internet security in schools is pretty rubbish over here aswell. My school has an internet filter (which is supposed to block inappropriate websites,) but half the websites that people are supposed to access for their lessons or homework are blocked, and teachers are still catching boys looking at porn (which, according to the crappy internet filter, isn't inappropriate!) Okay, firstly, what business is it of the school’s if their students get up to ‘improper behaviour’ in their own homes? And secondly, I think filming someone when they are not aware that they are being filmed is a bit improper, don’t you?

So-called internet security in schools is pretty rubbish over here aswell. My school has an internet filter (which is supposed to block inappropriate websites,) but half the websites that people are supposed to access for their lessons or homework are blocked, and teachers are still catching boys looking at porn (which, according to the crappy internet filter, isn’t inappropriate!)

]]> By: Norbs http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/02/school-spied-pupils-home-webcams/#comment-52495 Norbs Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:07:17 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10236#comment-52495 Surely the story about the "giant pet rodent" is more interesting? Surely the story about the “giant pet rodent” is more interesting?

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