Hola Crista. Thank you for your inputs.
2020-11-08 10:58 GMT+01:00, lily <hawaiianl...@protonmail.com>: > Hola óscar, > > In my experience of working with children, I have found that Google already > has had an incredible impact. > > Before COVID-19 I was a regular volunteer with an organization that gives > free laptops running the GNU+Linux operating system. I taught children about > the importance of computer user freedom, that GNU means FREEDOM, and I > taught children how to use free software like LibreOffice, GIMP, VLC, > Blender, and others for school work. (I showed the Free Software 30 years > video, and the video talk by Richard Stallman Free Software and Education) > > Sadly, I found that children as young 5 years old knew the Google Chrome > icon, and felt that unless they had it they could not connect to the > internet. I showed them that the internet is accessed through a web browser, > and that FireFox is a web browser that respects their freedoms. Most > children felt uncomfortable using FireFox despite this. In fact, I think that (in Chromebooks) Google Search itself is integrated into the desktop, motivating the intuitive use of all the Suite and discouraging the use of alternative tools. > > Google is taking advantage of the pandemic to sneak their way into the > classroom and collect academic information as well as very personal > information about the most vulnerable population in our society, our > CHILDREN. This should be alarming to everyone! This is not only wrong ,but > in the United States I believe this is a violation of the Family Educational > Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). (Legal experts should comment on this.) > > I am not a parent, but if I were a parent, I would never let Google touch my > daughter. I would equip her with the knowledge of Free Software and help her > build her own computer that she would understand inside and out. > > I know these are difficult times, but there are used laptops available for > affordable prices, and there are resources to learn how to install GNU+Linux > operating systems on them. Parents should take advantage of this and say NO > to schools demanding that they use software and hardware that violates the > privacy of their children and undermines their education by stripping them > of not only software knowledge but hardware knowledge. The main problem is that we live in an anesthetized society. In the family environment that I know, I do not detect any concern about these issues. Google seems like a great tool to them, and they take it for granted that nothing can be done about it anyway. However, I am trying to give shape to the arguments to try to convince the most sensitive people in the school family association. Unfortunately, COVID-19 is not making it easy to get together. Rather, it acts in a demotivating way. On the other hand, I am learning about the possibility of bypassing the Chromebook, perhaps installing GNU / Linux to function in a dual way. But i'm not an expert. Rather the opposite ;-) > > Please let me know if this was helpful. Happy to provide links to > resources. > > Crista Moreno > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Friday, November 6, 2020 3:00 AM, Óscar <osper...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi. Here a newbie! >> >> This is a inquiry about Chromebooks to the community. >> >> Recently, the public school that my 9-year-old daughter attends has >> imposed on us the acquisition of a certain Chromebook. >> >> I have not found any articles or conversations about it, but I am >> first concerned about the landing of the Google empire in public >> schools with the support of public institutions. In this case, it is >> an uncritical acceptance of the entire Google system, including the >> teachers. They celebrate all the comforts the integrated package >> offers. The use of free software does not even cross their minds. >> >> Second, I am concerned about the tracking and acquisition of data and >> metadata about the content that my daughter accesses throughout her >> educational stage. Information that, I suppose, will be recorded on >> some distant server and from which their knowledge, character, >> mistakes, tastes and preferences, etc. can be inferred, thus creating >> a very personal, precise and intimate profile from such an early age. >> >> Maybe in the future the guys at Google will "not be evil.". But what >> if they will be? >> >> My questions to the community are: what do you think about it? Do you >> think there is a compromised exposure of minors in their educational >> stage? What sinister scenarios can you think of based on this data >> collection? Do you know any specific case of abuse of privacy in >> similar contexts? >> >> I appreciate any constructive comments. >> >> Thank you very much, >> >> óscar pérez >> >> libreplanet-discuss mailing list >> libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org >> https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss