Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co...
by ryanmercer on Monday December 02, 2019 @10:30AM
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>They flag private emails as well, is that not a violation of privacy?
No. If you are using a school/employer provided email account you should be using them for school/work stuff. If you are using a school/employer device, you should be using them for school/employer stuff.
If you want to tell Jack or Jane that they fuel your fire and you want to do sexy time or that you violently soiled your pants and wondered if they could bring you their gym shorts to the upstairs bathroom then use your own device on your own service.
Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co...
by TeMPOraL on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:13PM
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Sure. Step 1, replace everything with a service. Step 2, make half of these free and employer- or government-provided, because people don't have time and money for dealing with subscription crap. Step 3, announce that if people want privacy, they should use their own devices.
Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co...
by asdff on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @03:35AM
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Isn't that what is done essentially? The school provides the tech on loan and a school email account, just like companies do. And just like companies do, you keep work shit on work shit and personal shit on personal shit.
Also, I find this part highly disturbing: “They don’t really give you a list of things not to do,” he said. “Once you’re in trouble, they act like you knew.”
This is eerily close to a typical oppressive state. See a troublemaker, make up a rule that you can prove they broke, punish them. Not a similar scale, of course, but it's still pretty bad.