FBI Investigating Student Laptop, Candy Scandal
Apparently, the student was caught on his webcam eating Mike & Ike candies, which looked like pills.
In one of the more bizarre happenings in recent memory, the FBI has now stepped in to investigate the claim that a school has wrongfully used the ability to remotely control student webcams.
Student Blake J. Robbins is suing LowerMerionSchool District in Philadelphia allegedly remotely activating his webcam. The remote activation of his webcam was exposed when student Blake J. Robbins was disciplined for "improper behavior in his home" by the Vice Principal, who provided a photo taken by the webcam as evidence.
The school confirmed that it has the ability to control the webcams, but that the capability has since been disabled in response to the recent issue.
The AP reports that the FBI is now investigating the matter to see if LowerMerionSchool District officials broke any federal wiretap or computer-intrusion laws.
Also revealed in the story is that LowerMerion issued an Apple laptop to each of its 2,300 students. Supposedly only two employees in the technology department were authorized to activate the cameras in the event of a missing laptop. The remote activation is only supposed to capture images, but not sound.
Now things are about to get even more bizarre. Robbins' attorney said on camera that the boy was caught on the webcam handling Mike & Ike candies, which could be mistaken for illegal pills.
We have a feeling that this is far from over.

Not just fired, but escorted to his/her new federally funded vacation home.
Prison is a pain in the ass, and they deserve every bit of it.
Fail movie quote: Neo ate the red pill.
put a piece of electrical tape over the lens whenever you are not using it
They probably been watching him for a while. He probably sells pills to other kids and they thought they'd stop him, or it was actually Mike&Ikes. Either way it was stupid as hell to think that spying on him was not going to cause this whole fiasco.
True, instead of just the school, EVERYONE would be able to watch these kids eat candy...these kids and their damn sweet toothes...
Perhaps, but how many other students have been watched whilst they were getting changed or undressing before taking a shower?
Nope, sorry. Won't work. These are Macbooks, remember? Big black electrical tape would look right at home on a Dell Latitude E6400, but to mar the beauty of a crystal white Mac? Heaven forbid...
HOLY CRAP I CAN'T SAY THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE!!! LOLOL
BTW, activating the webcam while the student is at home = ILLEGAL in my book. Invasion of privacy FTL. Do not want.