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this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
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Grow up and get your own fucking computer. Don't be an asshole and fuck with someone's else's machine. Do whatever is required to be done on the school machine then put it away and use your own for whatever supersecret spy shit or whatever you need to hide from"The Man". I don't fuck with my company issued machine. I do my work then use my own machine to surf porn, torrent, or what the fuck. I don't mess around with the machine that someone's else paid for. Because I'm not an asshole. Don't be an asshole.
I have my own computer. I use it for exclusively personal things and use my school issued computer exclusively schoolwork. They legally require me to give up my privacy and I disagree with this based on principle alone. Enjoy your porn though.
Is there an IT policy at your school? I suggest perusing it for 2 reasons:
#2 in particular is for your own knowledge/benefit. Since you’re not an employee, but a student, you may have some inherent rights under this policy, which the IT department may be violating.
Their policy (at least the last time I checked) was all vague rules with whatever punishment they see fit. That is why I just wanna get something identical that is mine. I won’t get on the network but I can use a mobile hotspot and be fine. What rights are you referring to specifically?
I’m guessing this is a school and not a university? At a university students have more clout/rights, at least on paper.
In any case, getting your own machine is the way to go. You can run whatever you want on it. You could still (cautiously) use the school network, as long as you use a VPN; basically treat the school network as a “hostile” environment. That’s assuming VPN use is not against the school rules. :)
I can’t use the network there, I haven’t looked at how they configured it but if I do bring my own device I want to keep it off their network completely because they would realize quickly. I have decent cell service though and can do a mobile hotspot.