Chromebook Camera Tracking

[Kevin O'Donnell]

In NJ, the Assembly passed the "Anti-Big Brother Act" that would require schools to notify parents whenever laptops or other electronic devices can track or view children through remote cameras. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk.

I am sure most you have heard about the case in PA where students were tracked with their laptop computers web cams

Question: is this possible with Chromebook Cameras and if so how can we disable it to be in compliance and limit liability?

Kevin O'Donnell

Belmar Elementary School

Belmar, NJ 07719

odonnell AT belmar.k12.nj.us

[Emma Fish]

Hi Kevin,

There is a feature which specifies whether websites can access the built-in Chrome webcam- you can see the help center link here

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromebook Teachers" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chromebook-teac...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to chromeboo...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/chromebook-teachers/-/x87rPVM2kbcJ.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
 
 

--
Emma Fish | Google Education | emma...@google.com | 650-214-7430

	Learn more on the Google in Education website Follow our Edu Google+ Page for news & ideas Get started with Google Apps for Education Check out Chromebooks for Education

[Kevin O'Donnell]

I found the link and disable the camera -

• I went to that section and found 
  
• Hardware
  
• Video input
• Specifies whether websites can access the built-in Chrome device web cam.
• Disabling video input does not disable the web cam for Google voice and video chat.

I think there will need to be something more substantial than that though as a setting.  We may need to turn the camera on during the day for a video chat or skype session but we could easily forget to do so before the end of the day. Once the students take their Chromebooks home and jump on their own wireless network they could be tracked