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> This is not a public space, it's a privately-owned Chromebook. Well, privately owned things can exist in a public space too, with restrictions. For example,

> This is not a public space, it's a privately-owned Chromebook. Well, privately owned things can exist in a public space too, with restrictions. For example, if I want to drive my privately owned car on a public road, I need to take steps (registering, attaching registration plates) to allow my car to be tracked and its usage monitored. I agree on the point that this is a decision made by Google, although I would say that if you attach a Windows device to a domain, settings can be set through group policies without the user's explicit consent.

nybble41 5y ago
> … to drive my privately owned car on a public road, I need to take steps … to allow my car to be tracked and its usage monitored. Yes, for very restricted interpretations of "tracked" and "monitored" which are basically limited to mounting a unique license plate on the vehicle which can be passively scanned and used to look up the owner of the vehicle (not the driver). Without a warrant they aren't allowed to attach a GPS tracker for continuous real-time location or install a camera inside the car. The inside of the vehicle is still considered a private space which cannot be searched without probable cause. Moreover, the justification for the license plate and registration requirements is that the vehicle is physically within their territory, on public roads, which doesn't apply to the Chromebook situation. > … if you attach a Windows device to a domain, settings can be set through group policies without the user's explicit consent. This is not like attaching a Windows device to a domain. For one thing that requires local administrative privileges on the Windows device, whereas anyone can log into a CPS account on any Chromebook whether they own it or not. Here the student doesn't own the Chromebook, the parent does—if this were a Windows PC the student would not be the device's local administrator and would not have the ability to join it to a domain.
- d1sxeyes 5y ago
  I don't own a Chromebook, but my understanding is that the monitoring would only run for the user with the CPS account, rather than for all users, is that wrong?
  - nybble41 5y ago
    Apparently, according to another response from a Google employee, it depends on who logs in first. If you log in with the CPS account and then switch to another non-CPS account, the CPS policies are applied to both.
    - d1sxeyes 5y ago
      Well, that for sure is dodgy then.

nybble41 5y ago

> … to drive my privately owned car on a public road, I need to take steps … to allow my car to be tracked and its usage monitored. Yes, for very restricted interpretations of "tracked" and "monitored" which are basically limited to mounting a unique license plate on the vehicle which can be passively scanned and used to look up the owner of the vehicle (not the driver). Without a warrant they aren't allowed to attach a GPS tracker for continuous real-time location or install a camera inside the car. The inside of the vehicle is still considered a private space which cannot be searched without probable cause. Moreover, the justification for the license plate and registration requirements is that the vehicle is physically within their territory, on public roads, which doesn't apply to the Chromebook situation. > … if you attach a Windows device to a domain, settings can be set through group policies without the user's explicit consent. This is not like attaching a Windows device to a domain. For one thing that requires local administrative privileges on the Windows device, whereas anyone can log into a CPS account on any Chromebook whether they own it or not. Here the student doesn't own the Chromebook, the parent does—if this were a Windows PC the student would not be the device's local administrator and would not have the ability to join it to a domain.

d1sxeyes 5y ago
I don't own a Chromebook, but my understanding is that the monitoring would only run for the user with the CPS account, rather than for all users, is that wrong?
- nybble41 5y ago
  Apparently, according to another response from a Google employee, it depends on who logs in first. If you log in with the CPS account and then switch to another non-CPS account, the CPS policies are applied to both.
  - d1sxeyes 5y ago
    Well, that for sure is dodgy then.