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Related: https://www.eff.org/issues/student-privacy/ https://www.eff.org/issues/student-privacy/ As a parent with a child entering Kindergarten this upcoming s

Related: https://www.eff.org/issues/student-privacy/ https://www.eff.org/issues/student-privacy/ As a parent with a child entering Kindergarten this upcoming school year, and as an avid privacy and free software advocate, I'm not looking forward to the types of discussions that I'm likely going to have to have with our schools. The reality is that these aren't systems that are easy to roll back---it costs a lot of time and money to implement, and then you have vendor lockin. So while I can hope for a receptive district, action is probably going to be more difficult. My hope is that they haven't ddone anything too disagreeable yet. Does anyone else have any personal experiences working with their schools?

analog31 11y ago
Is there anything that a kid could install on a school owned Chromebook, that would protect their privacy? Tor?
- kuschku 11y ago
  The chromebooks are completely locked down, even 100% of internet traffic is forced to go through a MitM server of the school’s choice. You have nothing but a webbrowser, which Google and the school control.
- vonklaus 11y ago
  I registered my kid with whoisGuard toddler. It was a pretty good experience. They take care of paperwork, pta meetings and bake sales. Unfortunately, i didnt know about it until my daughter was in 2nd grade which meant she was registered for a full year. 4th graders spam her with offers for writing papers. One kid said he was getting PS4 and she could play it if she loaned him her mobile for a second so he could text his mom to get the right one, but he ran up the data plan.
- userbinator 11y ago
  school owned If it's the school's, then I would just say no. It's theirs, they can do whatever they want with it. How about giving your chid a real general-purpose computer instead, running completely free software: http://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x200/ http://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x200/ Just as Google et al. are trying to get kids conditioned to their ecosystems at a young age by pushing their product, those who advocate against them should do the same.

analog31 11y ago

Is there anything that a kid could install on a school owned Chromebook, that would protect their privacy? Tor?

kuschku 11y ago
The chromebooks are completely locked down, even 100% of internet traffic is forced to go through a MitM server of the school’s choice. You have nothing but a webbrowser, which Google and the school control.
vonklaus 11y ago
I registered my kid with whoisGuard toddler. It was a pretty good experience. They take care of paperwork, pta meetings and bake sales. Unfortunately, i didnt know about it until my daughter was in 2nd grade which meant she was registered for a full year. 4th graders spam her with offers for writing papers. One kid said he was getting PS4 and she could play it if she loaned him her mobile for a second so he could text his mom to get the right one, but he ran up the data plan.
userbinator 11y ago
school owned If it's the school's, then I would just say no. It's theirs, they can do whatever they want with it. How about giving your chid a real general-purpose computer instead, running completely free software: http://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x200/ http://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x200/ Just as Google et al. are trying to get kids conditioned to their ecosystems at a young age by pushing their product, those who advocate against them should do the same.