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School for spies- the Pennsylvania scandal gets bigger

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http://www.itwire.com – Previously, the Lower Merion School District has insisted that they only ever spied on lost or stolen school-owned laptops.  The latest court filings show this is patently false.  School for spies, or spies for school, you decide. (IT news)

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