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Secret Cameras Rekindle Privacy Debate at Harvard.

posted by janrinok on Saturday November 08 2014, @11:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-their-best-idea dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Privacy has been a prickly topic at Harvard ever since it was revealed last year that the university had searched the email accounts of some junior faculty members, prompting a major self-examination and promises by the administration to do better.

But this week, that sore spot was poked again. The university acknowledged that as part of a study on attendance at lectures, it had used hidden cameras to photograph classes without telling the professors or the students.

While students and faculty members said that the secret photography was not as serious as looking through people’s email, it struck many of them as out of bounds — or, at least, a little creepy. And it set off more argument about the limits of privacy expectations.

“I wouldn’t call it spying,” as some people have, said Jerry R. Green, a professor of economics and former university provost. “But I don’t think it’s a good thing.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/us/secret-cameras-rekindle-privacy-debate-at-harvard.html

 
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  • (Score: 2) by halcyon1234 on Sunday November 09 2014, @01:29AM

    by halcyon1234 (1082) on Sunday November 09 2014, @01:29AM (#114173)
    Drop a few hidden cameras in the admin offices. Make sure to record plenty of clandestine meetings between admin and "benefactors". Don't call it spying.
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  • (Score: 1) by Wrong Turn Ahead on Sunday November 09 2014, @02:20AM

    by Wrong Turn Ahead (3650) on Sunday November 09 2014, @02:20AM (#114182)

    ...prompting a major self-examination and promises by the administration to do better.

    They do it and the punishment is self-examination and a promise to try to be better. You do the same and your punishment is multiple felony charges, massive fines and maximum years behind bars...