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

[Aztar]

Originally Posted by xbusymom

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

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

Fake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4y_il7On6Q&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Iiszxm1QI&feature=fvw

[xbusymom]

ok... oops... open mouth insert other foot... sorry folks...

but the trouble with my laptop still persists... even after wiping and reinstalling everything back on it from scratch (3 times since sept 2007)...