Extended Subset

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/school-district-halts-webcam-surveillance/

http://lmsd.org/sections/news/default.php?m=0&t=today&p=lmsd_anno&id=1138

Dear Dr. McGinley,

I am very curious to find the answer to this question: what kind of diseased mind comes up with a scheme involving sending remote-controlled cameras into the homes of schoolchildren?

Is audio transmission or recording (e.g. microphones) part of this system’s capabilities too?

In your letter, you write:

This feature was only used for the narrow purpose of locating a lost, stolen or missing laptop.

What kind of ethical system were you able to construct in which those trivial ends could be used justify such sinister means?

Did you personally endorse this, or just assent in silence?

Sincerely,

Marsh Ray

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