I will tell my parents of the problem. Also, yes, they can turn on our webcams without notification, I have seen it happen to myself and others at school. Thank you for your help.
I will tell my parents of the problem. Also, yes, they can turn on our webcams without notification, I have seen it happen to myself and others at school. Thank you for your help.
Is this your personal computer or a school provided computer? It seems fishy all around that your school really cares what you are doing. That is your parent's responsibility not the schools. Perhaps they are bluffing only to make you think they are watching so you won't goof off in school. Having the school monitor your computer to such an extent including screen shots would require a lot of resources in monitoring the systems. It sounds unusual to me all around. You may be able to discover if this is a bluff or not by looking up how they monitor the system and how many staff members do that. If it is low, it is unlikely.
Either way, I would take up the issue with the head of the school system and get some sense through him if it really is capable of all of this. Ask him or her if the students can place their own webcam in their office to make sure they are doing their jobs too. You have implied rights.
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Your parents should speak to a local civil rights organization or the ACLU. Although schools get to do some things that wouldn't be allowed in the real world in restricting the rights of students, this goes way beyond that.
I would also be concerned with who exactly has the decision making authority and who has the authority to actually do it. Can just any teacher, for instance, use the software to access a student's computer. How do you know some pervert at the school is not watching? How good are your school's emplyee background checks. (You'd be surprised how bad they are.) What protections and guidelines are in place? Is any of this material recorded? If so, they should be sued into the ground and go to jail. A biggie, is how can the school even afford to have paid employees listening in to teenage conversations? What kind of money has been and is being spent on this mini-police state.
Certainly your state has public records laws. File a public records request DEMANDING all of this information.
Then watch them dance.