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I work IT in schools. There is limited surveillance tools on college owned devices. Mainly logging of web traffic. Screens can be viewed when on campus network, not reachable off campus.

No one in our department has time to waste looking at web history or screens. Teachers don’t bother to use it much either. We only look at it when directed by college executive or when I go in there at the end of term to clear the alerts.

I’d imagine most other schools are similar, no one gives a shit what kids are doing on their devices

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no one gives a shit what kids are doing on their devices

Except Joe. And people like Joe. Whose surveillance of kids is now not only easier, but sanctioned.

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Exactly. It’s like a tacit admission that the only reason to have this stuff is for people like Joe.

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Trust me bro, joe is a good guy!

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kids looking at porn on their school laptops is why the tools exist, not for pedos. ‘Joe’ is 0.001% of people, not the majority!

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That’s what it looks like when it works well. There’s no way for parents to know if its a Joe situation or not.

It’s not like it hasn’t happened before. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/610k-settlement-in-school-webcam-spy-case/

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So if no one gives a shit anyway you don’t need the surveillance capabilities anyway, right?

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a private school needs to give the appearance that they do, or at least have this capability when someone asks. On the ground, its barely used

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