School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones

Reverberant writes "School administrators in Framingham MA have implemented a policy allowing them to not only confiscate cell phones, but also to search through students' cell phone data as part of their anti drug/violence efforts. Students claim that the policy is an invasion of their privacy."

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[MarkByers]

It's just a cunning plan to get lots of free ringtones.

LOL

[nude-fox]

this isnt gonna end up well but seriusly what jackass thought this would go over well pop you can have my cellphone i'm keeping the batterie now kthnx

The terrorists are coming!

[Jafar00]

Of course they are right to search these phones. You never know where the terrorists are hiding. These evil students could make one sms message and bam! A building falls down for no good reason. ;)

Obligatory Daria paraphrasing

[Yvanhoe]

Jane - Why don't I just go to Ms. Li and expose this whole cell phone spying thing?

Ms. Morris - She already knows.

Jane - Okay then back off or I'll tell the PTA.

Ms. Morris - They know too.

Jane - Congress?

Ms. Morris - You're beaten Lane.

Jane - How about if I call the three local TV stations and tell each one that the other two are running the story?

Ms. Morris - Damn.

Re:Pure and simple

[autOmato]

How am I supposed to arrange my drug deals then? Smartass!

nsa

[Anonymous Coward]

Why bother the students in question?

Why not just classify our children as "Terrorists"
and ask the NSA who they are calling?

DMCA

[a_greer2005]

Put a lock code on your phone, and also put a memo on it; if the school confiscates it and reads the memo, they have bypassed a security mesure to illegaly obtain access to your copywrited work.

sue them

Re:Kids these days...

[Anonymous Coward]

That video is woefully outdated pre-9/11 stuff.

However, this is another police video [google.com] which is still quite valid.

Re:Kids these days...

[the_humeister]

In these trying times, I must ask you: why do you hate America? Don't you see? Attitudes like that mean that the terrorists have already won! Why won't you think of the children?!?

Re:Kids these days...

[JW.Axelsen.Sr.]

what's to stop the schools from manditory cavity searches?

fathers with handguns

Re:Kids these days...

[iminplaya]

I know this attitude sounds defeatist, but anyone who is disdainful of this remark is welcome to study the problem and come up with a solution.

Build a faraday cage around the building?

Re:Kids these days...

[gijoel]

Frankly, an unwarranted cavity search performed on a minor without the express permission of a legal de jure guardian is tantamount to child molestation. Schools have few more "rights" than babysitters.

And here I was just starting to become interested in a career in teaching.