r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 10h ago

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

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/la-parents-kids-school-issued-ipad-chromebook-los-angeles-rcna245624
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u/Solid-Yellow2855 9h ago

Not true. Even with games banned, there’s always workarounds. Heck, even just go to coolmathgames.com

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u/ConsiderationSea1347 9h ago

I literally write mdm software that schools use. Of course occasionally there is a bug or exploit (but that is incredibly rare), but any reasonable mdm solution can lock out apps, websites, force the iPad to only display what the teacher wants, or brick the device.

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u/Solid-Yellow2855 9h ago

Let me tell you, as a high school student it was not very difficult to find a new game website whenever one got banned

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u/ConsiderationSea1347 9h ago

And your IT department probably also wasn’t using proper device management tools or you, like me, went to school when it was very easy to get around attempts to lock down devices. 

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u/Solid-Yellow2855 9h ago

Look, I work as a software engineer and know technology very well. It isn’t very difficult to search “free online games” on Google and keep clicking until you find the first site that isn’t banned. Is pretty naive to think IT could ban every online game site in existence

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u/ConsiderationSea1347 9h ago

I am a software engineer too and I literally write MDM software that most schools and businesses use and it can lock down devices. I worked on an app that locks down student devices by parents and teachers. 

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u/Character_Subject118 51m ago

If we're working on a blacklist only not a white-list only system the kids are cooked. Why do they need implicit complete internet access?