Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it

Re:Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't re... by car_analogy on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:25PM (#30914199)

Calling unremovable* spyware (the term is accurate, no matter how insane you think it sounds) a "technical support issue" is like calling surveillance cameras installed in your home an "improper furnishing issue".

*Edit: sokoloff may be correct, and the spyware is not unremovable. Still, the analogy holds.

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Re:Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't re... by sokoloff on Monday April 04, 2022 @09:53PM (#30914408)

Is it unremovable from the device, though? It isn’t clearly defined in the account above whether it was removed (and then reinstalled with the subsequent kid’s login).

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Re:Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't re... by joe_g_young on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:58AM (#30915441)

Yes. It would be re installed at login

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Re:Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't re... by eru on Monday April 04, 2022 @10:18PM (#30914600)

What is accurate or not in some platonic sense doesn't have much bearing on what tactic will yield the results you want in practice.

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