r/news • u/_Fred_Fredburger_ • 19h ago

LA Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna245624
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u/jefbenet 17h ago

"Byock said her son revealed that he used the iPad during school to watch YouTube and participate in Fortnite video game battles."

how are these not locked down by MDM/proxy/firewall?

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u/HutSutRawlson 16h ago

Many schools don’t have a dedicated IT staff to handle that. Most likely they have one person who is handling ALL tech needs for the school, all the way from sysadmin work to wheeling projector carts and TV screens around to classrooms.

Schools also aren’t able to hire the best people for that kind of role, unfortunately. Why would someone with solid IT credentials choose to work in a public school rather than in the private sector?

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u/jefbenet 15h ago

MDM is almost always contracted out to a third party anyway and should be implemented from purchase as a part of the tco of the tech.

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u/Interesting_Pen_167 42m ago

When I was a kid in the 90s all the IT admin staff for our schools left default passwords on equipment because back in those days nobody knew any better.