PA School uses Laptop WebCam to spy on kids

[xbusymom]

Originally Posted by sunflower

I am not computer savvy but the thought crossed my mind: what if I bought a laptop with a webcam embedded in it, might not the same thing happen to me? I have read and heard that digital tv's have a tracking mechanism in them. True or not, I don't know.

I kind of thought something was up when my laptop, that I bought in 2006, suddenly started to turn back on by itself in 2008, after I had shut it down by the software (I still have to do a manual hard-shutdown for it to stay off)...

and then a few months back - I came across this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ4iIM8Eljc