Big brother is watching me (No Really!)

[Yelnoc]

Today my school installed new networking software on the student computers.  The configuration allows the teacher to see whatever you are doing on your computer and listen to what you are listening to at all times, to flash content and warnings onto your screen, to black your screen or shut down your computer without warning, to shut down internet access, and do a dozen other things.  Thankfully, ManageSoft's programs are hopelessly insecure, so I was able to bypass the software and am working on a way to disable it from my account.

But the entire thing pissed me off and so I needed this thread to vent.  I had just figured out a method to bypass the standard netblock filter without relying on slow, sketchy proxies, and then this comes up and complicates stuff even further. 

[Yelnoc]

Today my school installed new networking software on the student computers.  The configuration allows the teacher to see whatever you are doing on your computer and listen to what you are listening to at all times, to flash content and warnings onto your screen, to black your screen or shut down your computer without warning, to shut down internet access, and do a dozen other things.  Thankfully, ManageSoft's programs are hopelessly insecure, so I was able to bypass the software and am working on a way to disable it from my account.

But the entire thing pissed me off and so I needed this thread to vent.  I had just figured out a method to bypass the standard netblock filter without relying on slow, sketchy proxies, and then this comes up and complicates stuff even further. 

Like... these are laptops that you take home?  If so, that seems like a pretty gross invasion of privacy.  But at the same time, they are the school's property.  Now, if they were using the webcam to spy on students in their rooms... that would be illegal (and has been done).

I guess I'd try to get my own computer if you're insistent on watching the pr0ns.

No these are computers at the school.  And all I want to bypass it for is to check my email/facebook/twitter, watch music videos on Youtube, or post on forums like these.

[Yelnoc]

We have this for years at my school. Since its a private school, I don not oppose it.

Public institutions should be restrained from stepping on you, but not Private institutions?

[Yelnoc]

I don't really see the problem with this - is this a computer class?

Yeah, there's nothing legally wrong with it, probably nothing morally wrong either.  It just makes my life more difficult.  Oh for the days when administrators didn't know how to protect their computers!