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School Spyware (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi. My school just started issuing devices last year, and they have this Lightspeed spyware on them. Last year I was able to remove it by booting into Linux from a flash drive and moving the files to a separate drive and then back at the end of the year. This year I have heard from sources that they have ways of detecting someone booting from Linux so I am hesitant to do that option. My only other idea is to buy an old laptop off eBay that looks like it and install Linux on it. I could probably get one for about 50€. Does anyone have any cheaper ideas?

Oh also talking to IT isn’t an option.

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[–] possiblylinux127 3 points 1 year ago

Start a protest or go to different school

Some universities are worse than others

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmmm not sure if its any different now but I used to bring my own iPad mini and do my work on that. I'm sure its different now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is Apple spyware better?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bring your own device. Run it on your own wireless Internet connection (cellular). Never attach it to any private (read: school) resources aside from a power plug. Do not use corporate cloud (Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, etc). When you need to transfer assignments from personal computer to school computer, use your own cloud service like Nextcloud, or use GPG to encrypt the payload and send it to your school email address, which you can decrypt and send to your teacher. It will then be public and you should assume the teacher is techdumb and will put it on compromised systems like Apple, Microsoft, etc.

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