PaxtonPenguin wrote:

Other things I've discovered: the new blocker uses dns, they make all images have to have a creative commons license

PaxtonPenguin wrote:

BigNate469 wrote:

PaxtonPenguin wrote:

they make all images have to have a creative commons license

But how would that be enforced (if it's blocking non-CC licenses)?

Also, doesn't that mean that the Google homepage would be blocked (google.com)?

They enforce it using safesearch (i think) so it depends on the search engine (and this is also the reason why duckduckgo is blocked)

Mryellowdoggy wrote:

PaxtonPenguin wrote:

Other things I've discovered: the new blocker uses dns, they make all images have to have a creative commons license

but… why?

mali3000 wrote:

(#1789)
my school district just removed and blocked the ad blocker that they installed
!!!! like i dont want constant ads everywhere they got that for a reason

GvYoutube wrote:

(#1806)
My IT uses an extension called Securly, which seems all cute fine, and dandy when they sell the teachers, students, AND PARENTS AND THE SCHOOLS data.
IT IS NOT COPPA safe.

RobotChickens wrote:

(#1805)

mali3000 wrote:

(#1789)
my school district just removed and blocked the ad blocker that they installed
!!!! like i dont want constant ads everywhere they got that for a reason

My school had to remove our adblockers because they were blocking and breaking things the teachers needed.

GvYoutube wrote:

(#1806)
My IT uses an extension called Securly, which seems all cute fine, and dandy when they sell the teachers, students, AND PARENTS AND THE SCHOOLS data.
IT IS NOT COPPA safe.

GvYoutube wrote:

My IT uses an extension called Securly, which seems all cute fine, and dandy when they sell the teachers, students, AND PARENTS AND THE SCHOOLS data.
IT IS NOT COPPA safe.

GvYoutube wrote:

My IT uses an extension called Securly, which seems all cute fine, and dandy when they sell the teachers, students, AND PARENTS AND THE SCHOOLS data.
IT IS NOT COPPA safe.

SpyCoderX wrote:

GvYoutube wrote:

(#1806)
My IT uses an extension called Securly, which seems all cute fine, and dandy when they sell the teachers, students, AND PARENTS AND THE SCHOOLS data.
IT IS NOT COPPA safe.

You could try to petition the IT dept (or principal) to use a different, better software. Just an idea, idk if it will work.

RobotChickens wrote:

(#1805)

mali3000 wrote:

(#1789)
my school district just removed and blocked the ad blocker that they installed
!!!! like i dont want constant ads everywhere they got that for a reason

My school had to remove our adblockers because they were blocking and breaking things the teachers needed.

XD

GvYoutube wrote:

My IT uses an extension called Securly, which seems all cute fine, and dandy when they sell the teachers, students, AND PARENTS AND THE SCHOOLS data.
IT IS NOT COPPA safe.

cake__5 wrote:

we cant be too grateful to this COPPA thing, remember its the one not letting us sign up for certain websites.

josueart wrote:

cake__5 wrote:

we cant be too grateful to this COPPA thing, remember its the one not letting us sign up for certain websites.

If I was under 13, I think I'd prefer giving up access to certain websites rather than a company selling my home address on the internet.

cake__5 wrote:

josueart wrote:

cake__5 wrote:

we cant be too grateful to this COPPA thing, remember its the one not letting us sign up for certain websites.

If I was under 13, I think I'd prefer giving up access to certain websites rather than a company selling my home address on the internet.

if you were under 13 and i were you, i would realize that not all websites are a scam, a fraud, and a dirty dirty scum-of-the-earth virus.

josueart wrote:

cake__5 wrote:

josueart wrote:

cake__5 wrote:

we cant be too grateful to this COPPA thing, remember its the one not letting us sign up for certain websites.

If I was under 13, I think I'd prefer giving up access to certain websites rather than a company selling my home address on the internet.

if you were under 13 and i were you, i would realize that not all websites are a scam, a fraud, and a dirty dirty scum-of-the-earth virus.

Yes, I know that. But most kids under 13 are stupid. They don't know what they're doing, they'd gladly enter their parent's CC details if they were promised free robux or whatever slop they are being fed. Most parent don't care about what their kids are being exposed to on the Internet. And that's bad. That's why this law exists. I may be wrong though, I'm not from the States.

• Any website that they don't like, one blocker on the WiFi (ContentKeeper) and one on the computer (GoGaurdian)
  
• Specifically, most free hosting sites are blocked
  
• And much more!
  

• GoGaurdian for monitoring (figured out how to disable this in 7th grade)
  
• Chrome browser with policies (no dino game, no extensions) A small handful of extensions are available for download, we also have extensions already downloaded. More than half of the extensions available will be “discontinued in the near future due to changes in policies”, including ContentKeeper for some reason… Most of them are lame, like “DyslexicBold font” which changes all text to the dyslexicbold font.
  
• No admin access
  
• Fandom’s Apple Inc wiki (come on) and Peppa pig wikis
  
• Can’t download any apps on Google Play except for a small handful. None of them are good except for Minecraft Education. And they have ScratchJR? Come on ScratchJR why couldn’t you allow access to the real one?
  

• I don’t use any
  

• Reinstalling Windows on your PC allows you to get admin access, it's almost undetectable (never used)
  
• Run websites off of .html files (occasionally used)
  
• Phone WiFi (somehow this can unblock sites) (never used)
  
• Tor on Windows for bypass (never used)
  

cake__5 wrote:

im not from the other countries, but here in the states there are like 5 websites people go to and thats basically it. sure you'll find a minicommunity here and a microcommunity there, a blog here and an alternative news source there, but barely anyone is there.

josueart wrote:

cake__5 wrote:

im not from the other countries, but here in the states there are like 5 websites people go to and thats basically it. sure you'll find a minicommunity here and a microcommunity there, a blog here and an alternative news source there, but barely anyone is there.

“5 websites and that's it” is crazy. The US literally has half a million websites on Google Sites, hosts around 60% of all websites worldwide, and is the third country with most internet traffic, only beaten by China and India. It's not just 5 websites and that's it.

Anyways, yeah, with a country this big and with so much traffic it make sense to have laws about what companies can't do with minors' data. Most of them just don't want to get their asses sued, so they just ask “hey are you under 13? we won't check this, but you agree to be truly transparent on your age! under 13? sorry mate, try in a few years” and problem solved.