School internet restrictions

[Hiok1998]

They actually blocked the use of https on most sites. Its blocked until they unblock it. (they never do)

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[Kalphiter]

They actually blocked the use of https on most sites. Its blocked until they unblock it. (they never do)

Woops, guess we have to do our e-mail and other important data transmissions insecurely.

[Planr]

if you try to use wikipedia at my school you get suspended for two days and a following week of lunch detention

when i asked the administrators why, they gave me a really stupid excuse of "oh because people 'inappropriate content' on there and anyone can edit it"

they are practically convinced that its a research site just because it has articles on everything, including "our private parts"

[Kalphiter]

if you try to use wikipedia at my school you get suspended for two days and a following week of lunch detention

when i asked the administrators why, they gave me a really stupid excuse of "oh because people 'inappropriate content' on there and anyone can edit it"

they are practically convinced that its a research site just because it has articles on everything, including "our private parts"

Complain about it.

[Planr]

Complain about it.

I plan on it. Last time I sent a complaint letter to the school, which was about my douchebag drafting teacher, they fired him the next day.

[Hiok1998]

Woops, guess we have to do our e-mail and other important data transmissions insecurely.

They don't let us use email, even to send stuff to our teachers (sometimes required to do)

[GhostOfBetaTapes]

I heard something somewhere about entering the IP address of the site into the URL bar. Never tried it, because I don't think my school has any site restrictions.

[xxxxkill]

Site restrictions are kinda bull-stuff.
I mean, I can understand most of them, like game sites and stuff I can waste I time on, but some of them are absolute bollocks. I mean, it blocks the Wikipedia image dictionary.
The forget
And youtube I can kinda get. I mean, there are some things there we shouldn't be seeing. But most of the time, I want to go there because of music, and if they don't want us listening to that, then block bandcamp and soundcloud, then drop us into the deathly silent abyss.

[ZSNO]

Our school has a website blocker, but everyone knows the password to get around it(M86)
Username:staff
password:C0ffee

[Kalphiter]

I heard something somewhere about entering the IP address of the site into the URL bar. Never tried it, because I don't think my school has any site restrictions.

Happens when your staff isn't smart enough to know the technology they're working with.

[Eussorus]

Happens when your staff isn't smart enough to know the technology they're working with.

The school board have these 2 asians that control the technology and the secuirity.

[dorkdotdan]

The school board have these 2 asians that control the technology and the secuirity.

stuff, Don't try anything, they've got their basses covered.

Also I have suggested Edubuntu to school teachers multiple times since the largess of our computers are pre 2007 with 512MB of RAM each, and they all said that it wouldn't happen because IT would throw a fit.

[sir dooble]

Site restrictions are kinda bull-stuff.
I mean, I can understand most of them, like game sites and stuff I can waste I time on, but some of them are absolute bollocks. I mean, it blocks the Wikipedia image dictionary.
The forget
And youtube I can kinda get. I mean, there are some things there we shouldn't be seeing. But most of the time, I want to go there because of music, and if they don't want us listening to that, then block bandcamp and soundcloud, then drop us into the deathly silent abyss.

My schools have always blocked YouTube for the sole purpose of preventing you from getting on to Music.
According to them, you shouldn't be listening to music in school as such. You're not allowed to be listening to iPods and MP3s or music on your phone, so it's understandable that people shouldn't be using the computers to listen to music.
That's their main view. I don't think it ever really cropped into their heads over what could be on YouTube that is... not necesarilly appropriate for a school place.

But other than that, my schools have just had filters for the view that you should be using your school computers for doing school work and nothing else.
And as such their filters block sites that hosts games that the administrators personally block, and their auto-filter system basically blocks websites that it believes have "Adult content".

[dorkdotdan]

My schools have always blocked YouTube for the sole purpose of preventing you from getting on to Music.
According to them, you shouldn't be listening to music in school as such. You're not allowed to be listening to iPods and MP3s or music on your phone, so it's understandable that people shouldn't be using the computers to listen to music.
That's their main view. I don't think it ever really cropped into their heads over what could be on YouTube that is... not necesarilly appropriate for a school place.

Someone doesn't know about Grooveshark.com.

[Eussorus]

stuff, Don't try anything, they've got their basses covered.

Also I have suggested Edubuntu to school teachers multiple times since the largess of our computers are pre 2007 with 512MB of RAM each, and they all said that it wouldn't happen because IT would throw a fit.

They can see every email that kids send with the iPad. But they have to go on your iPad to see your internet history.