In the 2010 Robbins v. Lower Merion School District "WebcamGate" case, plaintiffs charged two suburban Philadelphia high schools with secretly spying on students – by surreptitiously activating iSight webcams embedded in MacBook laptops issued to students – infringing on their privacy rights.
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In one instance an Apple Store employee used this technology to capture the image of a person who stole her MacBook using the built in iSight webcam.
He was tasked with overseeing the design and production of the iPod and iSight devices, following the direction of Jon Rubinstein.