[LINK] BYOD in schools

[Rick Welykochy]

Jan Whitaker wrote:

> Schools put students in charge of own technical support
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/business-it/schools-put-students-in-charge-of-own-technical-support-20120405-1wewn.html
>
> Cynthia Karena
>
> April 6, 2012 - 10:21AM
>
>
> As companies debate the merits of allowing employees to bring their
> own smartphones and computers to work, another sector is forging
> ahead allowing a younger generation to do just that and more.
>
> Some schools are not only allowing students to bring laptops and
> tablets to class in keeping with the trend known as BYO device or
> BYOD, they are also outsourcing technical support to the students themselves.

Heh ... yup, the headline is hardly relevant to the main thrust of
the article, Jan.

Now, what happens when one of the students carts along a relative of
the Conficker or similar worm/virus into the school network with their
device? All hells breaks loose. Or worse, no hell is detected and the
infection continues unnoticed and unabated.

Contrast to the school using known configurations of known operating
systems and software All neatly kept under control. And virus free.
One would hope.

cheers
rickw

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