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A bigger problem is school sponsored spyware on the devices. Weird how they don't mention that:
https://www.eff.org/wp/school-issued-devices-and-student-privacy
https://time.com/7275031/spy-high-true-story-prime-video/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/19/schools-spied-on-students-webcams
I'm not sure how that's a surprise to anyone. Keep your personal stuff off hardware that doesn't belong to you.
They used the onboard cameras to take pictures of kids in their bedrooms.
That is a problem, but usage monitoring software should be expected.
Dude, don't normalise this bullshit. Wtf.
What bullshit, making sure kids use school property only for school?
Or did you mistakenly think I was suggesting that accessing the webcam was a part of usage monitoring software?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School_District
And? I wasn't talking about remote webcam monitoring software.
it comes with the territory
Not by default, no. There were a handful of cases out of millions of devices.
Then keep it fucking at school.
It shouldn't be in homes. Its a constitutional violation. Schools are state sponsored and tax funded.
They shouldn't be legally allowed to record shit in a private home with out a warrant.
Right, because it's only supposed to be used for school purposes.
I can't answer that with the limited information you've provided.
It’s definitely a surprise to most students. Not really reasonable to expect people who have never been taught tech to understand tech.
It's actually a pretty important lesson for them to learn
now try explaining that to a kid. it'll maybe stick in high school.
No. Keep your creepy spy hardware off of kids that don't belong to you.