Danish schools seem to drop Chromebooks unless they change regulations
Danish schools seem to drop Chromebooks unless they change regulations
Hvis der ikke bliver lavet ny lovgivning, så vil de 53 kommuner, der har fået et påbud i forbindelse med brugen af Googles Chromebook-computere, ikke have andet valg end at droppe dem fra 1. august.
There might be many cheap Chromebooks for sale in Denmark this summer (article in Danish)
Schools have to prove that there isn't being collected data on the kids. A ton of data is being collected all the time using ChromeOS. That it took so long to ban these in schools is the insane part of this story.
But what is the alternative?? Don't school offices use windows and doesn't windows also collect data?
Most Danish schools use Windows. I take it that they're using a version that does not collect these data - or at least they don't sell it on.
That said, some kind of Linux would be optimal. Datatilsynet might be pointing fingers at ChromeOS without realizing that Windows does the same, just more covertly.
Having be forced to go to school and then be forced to become a data point for big corporations sounds so dystopian.
Throw them on the ground