A class action lawsuit filed late yesterday in Federal Court in Philadelphia has shed light on a secret surveillance program targeting Americans, but this particular operation is not being run by the FBI or the NSA. It’s being run by the Lower Merion School District, in the old-money Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia, PA.
School-issued laptops used by administration to spy on students
"It was only then that Blake Robbins' father, Michael, verified from Assistant Principal Lindsay Matsko that the school district did in fact have the capability of remotely activating the cameras embedded in the district issued laptop computer wherever the computer may be situated and regardless of whether the student is using it."