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Google’s use of student data could effectively ban Chromebooks from Denmark schools (www.theverge.com)

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 13 points 10 months ago

My kids have been using these Chromebooks. I find it hard to believe that this data has any value for Google, unless they're really want to collect all the wrong answers to the math curriculum for a 6-10 year olds and the essays about favourite names for pet animals. The location data is also useless. The kids are at school at school time.

They should just have offered laptops that don't exchange data outside the school, because it's frankly worthless to do in the first place.

[-] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Looks like it's not focused on the student's schoolwork/personal data but how they use the devices/services.

From the original BleepingComputer article that The Verge article is based on:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/denmark-orders-schools-to-stop-sending-student-data-to-google/

The agency clarified that permissible uses of student data include providing the educational services offered by Google Workspace, enhancing the security and reliability of these services, facilitating communication, and fulfilling legal obligations.

Non-permissible cases are purposes related to maintaining and improving Google Workspace for Education, ChromeOS, and the Chrome browser, including measuring performance or developing new features and services for these platforms.

[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

if your IT guy is especially competent, they could've built a locked down linux distro to flash onto the chromebooks. that's basically all chromeOS is.

[-] octoblade@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 10 months ago

Most public schools wouldn't have the budget to allocate a staff member to create and maintain such a distro. It would also take quite some time to flash to all of the devices.

The management tools built into chromeOS are also mature and very compelling to schools. Most schools don't see the value of reinventing the wheel when a mostly ok solution that takes no extra effort is already available.

[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

that's also a factor, but having some of these tools developed on a national level could be useful.

[-] anlumo@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Every time such a thing is attempted, the government officials are bribed by Microsoft to stop the project.

Happened in Munich for example.

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