In tonight’s show Sean and I take a look a couple of things that just made us both shake our heads today. The first is the silliness over PleaseRobMe.com and how everyone is all upset over what they are doing. This is the same bunch of folks who think that Blippy is all so cool.
What really got us going though was our discussion about the school who decided that it would be okay to give all their students laptops to use and then load up some secret software that would let them control the laptop’s webcams remotely. This is wrong in so many ways that if we had a Braindead award they would be the hands down winner.
Posts referred to in the show.
Responsible disclosure should apply to Social Media – KnowtheNetwork
Sure, let’s add some more rose coloring to those glasses – Shooting at Bubbles
Pennsylvania School Sued For Spying On Students Via Webcams – Sean P. Aune
LMSD response to ‘invasion of privacy’ allegation – LMSD
Enjoy the show
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