Arkouda

I understand the difference between a laptop and PC thanks.

Now imagine if, and hear me out, one didn't bring school hardware home so some "creepy IT administrator" doesn't have access.

"Save the kids" arguments always fall flat on the face when the solution is as simple as leaving school devices at school.

Either way, the use of this invasive software is required in order to attend public school.

Oh? Who is forcing the use of school issued equipment?

Last time I checked one did not need a school issued device to attend a public school. In fact I would go out on a limb and say the majority are too underfunded to give every student a device in the first place.

School is the counterparty and a state actor with everything that entails sign a poorly negotiated, likely corruption ridden contract with some trust me bro we don’t sell data, vendor, ie third party.

What could be gained by monitoring someones school activity that is not already bought and sold by social media companies that the majority use excessively and daily?

Now your child is subject to a contract arrangement that you are not privy too that enables some “dudes” to track your child’s usage of equipment.

Don't use third party hardware if you are worried about being monitored.

If you don’t see this as an overeach, society has really degraded esp in context of the child abuse issues we are coming grips with.

If you could make a real argument that isn't a personal attack or logical fallacy that would be great.

I read the article and it is not in any way convincing.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Can you explain to me how a 3rd party putting monitoring software on their own hardware is an over reach?

That is 100% a different issue.

I already made that clear in my original comment.

...on students’ school-issued machines and accounts.

These are school issued machines, and like all machines issued by a 3rd party for use under their supervision, they come with monitoring software.

This isn't some dystopian issue, and frankly, students should not be using school issued machines for private chats or photo storage, and should absolutely have their search history monitored while using said devices.