RE: Oh Australia...
May 17, 2012 at 4:37 am
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2012 at 5:04 am by Tempus.)
I'd look at some real nasty porn to teach that teacher not to follow me into the bowels of the 'net.
EDIT: after reading the full article it doesn't sound quite as bad as it initially did. The screenshots are prompted by certain keywords ("profanities"*) which are detected. I don't know why the program can't be disabled when taken home though. Surely they could add in the fine print of the agreement "we're not liable for what your children do with our stuff in your home" or some such thing and allow it to be disabled.
I think this sort of monitoring is unnecessary.
*I'd be interested to know how they define profanity... does that include words like "penis"? Oh, ok, part of my body constitutes a profanity!
EDIT: after reading the full article it doesn't sound quite as bad as it initially did. The screenshots are prompted by certain keywords ("profanities"*) which are detected. I don't know why the program can't be disabled when taken home though. Surely they could add in the fine print of the agreement "we're not liable for what your children do with our stuff in your home" or some such thing and allow it to be disabled.
I think this sort of monitoring is unnecessary.
*I'd be interested to know how they define profanity... does that include words like "penis"? Oh, ok, part of my body constitutes a profanity!
