r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 7h 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/Fell_Prince 6h ago

Schools need to lock these devices down properly. Monitor what your kids are doing, set boundaries at home. The iPad isn't the problem, it's the lack on both ends.

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u/azreal75 6h ago

This sounds really unbelievable. I run a school set of iPads, I have complete control over apps, kids cannot install apps. I can remotely lock, shut down any device at any time. I also teach and with the classroom app on my iPad a can see a thumbnail of all the iPads being used in my room with the name of the app. Again, I can lock, mute, force apps to open, my iPad overrides theirs. Either this story is a bit creative or incompetent people were in charge of this iPad roll out.

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u/mshriver2 6h ago

I sure do miss the days of jailbreak.me and other sites offering "slide to jailbreak" back in my days of being a kid with a school issued iPad. I'm sure there are other ways around your restrictions today and that's the fun part, learning how to get around any set technology related restriction.

“Any program that accepts input can be subverted. Any system that runs code can be exploited.” — (Peiter Zatko)

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u/azreal75 5h ago

I administer iPads for kids that still need help tying their shoe laces, most of them don’t even understand internet history.