Many schools across the United States have issued chromebooks or laptops to the student population to better help guide them toward educational goals. This gives students the opportunity to easily access their work. But, something that comes along with this is a paid program by the name of GoGuardian.
Administration
GoGuardian allows administrators to monitor and filter any Google powered device. The primary purpose is to keep students on track. But it also serves other purposes such as: catching warning signs, potential threats, and tracking missing devices. From an administrator’s perspective, I can see why this program does justice. You have the ability to keep everything under control to limit any mistakes.
There is even a mode of the program, Beacon, that specifically looks for struggling students. It searches for students that may be contemplating suicide or self-harm and seeks the help they need. This program keeps students, parents, and schools in a loop to put students first. Which is something I applaud, as paying attention to so many students can be difficult.
Students
On the other hand, through a students perspective, GoGuardian is downright disturbing and overpoweringly invasive even after school hours. While the district can block educationally disturbing websites, they also have the ability to watch screens, open tabs, and lock computers even after the dismissal bell. While some argue that this is for safety, it is also seen as a lack of trust. It is unfair to not allow students to use the device as a personal tool.
But, if they’re for the student to use, then why is it being so strictly controlled? Especially for students where this may be their only access to the internet at home, the purpose of the new device becomes convoluted.
Teachers
Teachers are on two different wavelengths in terms of liking and disliking the program. While it has its perks, it causes inconvenience when teachers have to monitor and lock screens. Sometimes teachers forget to unlock screens, preventing students from being able to do their work. Causing them to fall behind. Some teachers forgot to remove restrictions during the fall break which prohibited students from accessing other assignments, websites, etc.
I think this is a program, when done correctly and fairly between both students and teachers, can be beneficial. But it only works when both parties participate and are open. A policy should be put in place that teachers should not block or monitor students on Go Guardian after school hours. Students shouldn’t feel like “Big Brother” is always watching.
Recently, at a Woodbridge Township Board of Education meeting, students from Woodbridge High School and John F. Kennedy High School voiced their issues with Go Guardian as an invasion of privacy. Nothing was put in place to address the student’s complaints after the Board meeting. So, it is up to the teacher to establish and respect boundaries with their students until the District establishes some rules.
Caiden • May 1, 2023 at 1:55 pm
yes ur correct
Shontavius herring • Apr 3, 2023 at 2:34 pm
My teachers use GoGuardian all the time, especially during tests and quizzes.
Just chill'n hating Gogaurdian • Mar 7, 2023 at 10:23 am
For real, Gogaurdian sucks it destroys my life! how do you get around it?!
student • Feb 17, 2023 at 12:08 pm
it really can make huge trust problems with students to teachers but if you would like to block goguardian use ghostly i have it and its amazing
Flacon • Dec 1, 2022 at 3:55 pm
From a student perspective, I agree with what this says. GoGuardian is undoubtedly a betrayal of trust to the students, and an invasion of privacy. Any teacher with access to GoGuardian can remotely access a student’s chromebook, and look at their search history, lock down certain functions, and basically, do whatever they want on the device. You shouldn’t constantly have to second-guess what you are doing on the device just because there’s some teacher sitting miles away in your school, who may decide to hop onto GoGuardian and look through your search history, access your email, or anything else.
From a teacher perspective, I can see why GoGuardian might seem like a good idea. The ability to close tabs that students aren’t supposed to have open and open the ones they are, as well as locking the devices down if needed? That would be useful in the classroom, but why don’t they just walk around the room to ensure the students are on-task? Why don’t they have the students put the computers away if they aren’t using them? Not to mention that every teacher can use GoGuardian to watch every move you make on the device, and even take control of it if they so choose.
GoGuardian is essentially spyware and malware. As I stated above, it can be used to remotely access a student’s computer and look through all the stuff on that device or just watch everything they are currently doing on it (Spyware), and there is no way for the student to remove it, and often times the teachers abuse it by restricting the amount of tabs you can have open, or closing all other tabs, even if it means closing tabs that you need (Malware).
Its extremely hypocritical for schools to have speeches to tell the students about how they need to be safe online, when they themselves are participating in the very activities that could jeopardize someone on the internet. As I said above, GoGuardian is both Spyware and Malware, possibly more, and in the wrong hands, it could be devastating. What if a hacker got control of the school’s system and stole all the student’s information on their devices because of GoGuardian?
I could continue this, and turn it into a proper essay, but I think all the points I could make past this (and possibly all the ones I already have) are already in the other comments.
nico • Nov 4, 2022 at 8:44 am
I think it is very bad because at my school we have an internet filter and that with go guardian is just overkill
Audrick • Oct 26, 2022 at 11:25 am
I went to clear my data on my computer when I was done and normally i press esc refresh power and after that I went to check my history/data AND ALL THE STUFF WAS STILL THERE THANKS TO THIS STUPID STUPID GOGAURDIAN CHROMEBOOK UPDATE and by the way this website is going virual but ive been wondering why this website is not blocked maybe there watching every comment we say but IF YOU ARE GOGAURDIAN THEN F— YOU
anaya • May 18, 2023 at 9:22 pm
they are watching 💀💀💀 they can see us through the chromebook camera (turn yours offfffff) and can see what we type
Peter • Oct 16, 2022 at 5:01 pm
isn’t it weird how schools are pushing the whole some apps are virus and track you and steal you data yet schools also love go gaurdian whitch DOES ALL THOSES THINGS and i never got why it can see everything you do like really like emals home projects your seartch history and i fell like i should mention i googled it and go guardian makes about 100 billion dollers a year one more thing theres a petition to stop go guardian and guss what its go guardian blocked so there blocked what could stop them witch is just wrong
Peter • Oct 16, 2022 at 4:54 pm
isn’t it weird how schools are pushing the whole some apps are virus and track you and steal you data yet schools also love go gaurdian whitch DOES ALL THOSES THINGS 🙁
Peter • Oct 16, 2022 at 4:48 pm
Go Gurdian is an flat out invasion of privacy and like the article says if your giving students chrombooks why watch every thing they do and does anyone else find it creepy how go guardian can see EVERY KIDS DATA FROM EVERY SCHOOL THAT USES IT
192731 • Oct 11, 2022 at 1:03 pm
It is already very obvious that this extension is an invasion of privacy. It also doesn’t address the mistakes of mankind, one of which is forgetfulness. For example, you lock the screen of someone who always plays games in class. When he finishes the work, you forget to unlock the screen.
Anonymous • Oct 6, 2022 at 12:17 pm
I am I student and I feel like Big Brother is always watching unfortunately even though my teachers are nice
Audrick • Sep 21, 2022 at 1:14 pm
I agree Timothy
Audrick • Sep 21, 2022 at 1:13 pm
I hate gogaurdian blockers even though i still have youtube
Peter • Oct 16, 2022 at 4:49 pm
lucky preety much everthing on mine is blocked
Marshall • Sep 2, 2022 at 6:55 pm
Will not even let me watch clean ytps. occasionaly even blocks school assignments. it is straight up evil, and I am afraid for my safety.considering I am in junior high, I do not even have the curiosity to google innapproppriate things. if my admin went insane, she could easily track me down and shoot me, or WORSE: send me to detention. I hate goguardian with all my loathing heart.
Jonathan • Aug 31, 2022 at 10:48 am
My teacher… he shut down a google drive MP3 playlist of Kanye West. The MP3 player was open through system files on my chromebook-it wasn’t even google related. He was able to see it, but not able to shut it down. He walked over to me and told me no music in the classroom. He was also going through my search history and watching me type . What a stupid concept and invasion of pricavy
Cricket Hughes • Aug 24, 2022 at 3:05 am
My teacher used GoGaurdian to share a picture of me that I was sent by a friend on the his big screen to the whole class. I was just doing homework then got an email. Clicked on it and showed everyone my screen. When I exited everyone could see my homework.
GoGuardian Trash • Aug 21, 2022 at 12:49 pm
Pretty sure this thing invades privacy to far that it is illegal. :/
Marina • Mar 6, 2023 at 3:22 pm
It is so illegal, it defies the 4th amendment in the constitution, the fourth amendment prevents people from evading your privacy, no warrants will stand. So as far as I’m concerned Gogaurdian is illegal.
timothy • May 23, 2022 at 10:01 am
Gogaurdian is bad
isaiah • May 16, 2022 at 11:43 am
guys honesty this go guardian is odd not even my solar teacher likes it and it tried turning on my camera at home which freaked me out ik alot of apps track us but im not OK with this one doing it plus looking at us and keeping us on a tight chain
hillbilly 6i • Apr 4, 2022 at 1:44 pm
goguardian is a walking L no cap
IBangedYourMom • May 23, 2022 at 11:39 am
agreed
Peter • Oct 16, 2022 at 5:03 pm
your right
Xavier J. • Apr 1, 2022 at 12:34 pm
I hate gogaurdian its an invasion of my privacy and my teacher is watching me right now and im not even in their class! its very disturbing when you are constantly being watched as if you are an ANIMAL! this app needs to be banned asap no rocky! like what be wrong with this school thats exactly why im ready to get away from this school! this makes 0 sense that MMS gives kids Chromebooks for personal use and school work but they are controlling it controlling what we can and cant do this is flat out unacceptable and i wont put up with it for much longer im gonne buy me a apple macbook pro, and get rid of this ugly Chromebook! Yall are stalking us and thats not right! its against the law like excuse me. DON’T BE WATCHING students while they are out of your class that is so childish, illegal, and rude! the bell been dismissed me so i should not see that im still in this 2nd Block class when im in 3rd period on my way to 4TH!
Anonymous • Oct 6, 2022 at 12:24 pm
They’d probably gte another app similar to goguardian if it got blocked…
guyontheinternet • Apr 1, 2022 at 10:00 am
goguardian restricts more websites at home than at school at my school
Audrick • Sep 21, 2022 at 1:15 pm
I agree I ate it so much
gaming moment • Feb 26, 2022 at 12:06 pm
GoGuardian is an invasion of privacy. It is also very stinky.
catherine • Feb 24, 2022 at 3:31 pm
i hate every bit of i want play
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Audrick • Sep 21, 2022 at 1:17 pm
😐 your not the only one im on a school chromebook and its annoying if gogaurdian sees this then let him because WE HATE GOGAURDIAN
monica R. • Oct 5, 2022 at 8:02 pm
agreeable,im a middle schooler and even fun sites are blocked,i think goguardian should be banned for good bc bro…its an invasion of privacy
Nicholas • Feb 17, 2022 at 12:19 pm
I hate goguardian, if you use it I hope you suffer agony PAIN, I hope your life is ruined, I hope you are out homeless out on the street, I hope your life is all pain and suffering and nothing good with ever happen to you ever again, I hope you are alone and I hope when you die, I hope you die alone, sad and afraid with no hope whats so ever I hope even after death your suffering doesnt end, I hope everyday it rains while you have no shelter and I hope you are cold and sad and afraid and Alone
Unknown_Slender • Feb 6, 2022 at 9:51 am
GoGuardian is very ridiculous. During the day my teacher ALWAYS turns on GoGuardian and is ALWAYS spying on us and it’s getting annoying, my teacher has blocked so many websites to the point where I can’t even count. Especially after school hours it’s unbelievable, if I try to search up something I wanna know, for example a passage that is educational I guess, it would always have a blue lock in the middle of the screen. The WORST part is that they can track your LOCATION. I don’t like this at all, I don’t recommend. But if you would like your teachers to stop watching you, I suggested you add your school account to your personal computer. (If you have) If you are on your personal computer there is no possible way that you teachers can watch you.
cheese • Mar 22, 2022 at 9:43 am
I can’t even do some of my assignments because of their blocked websites.
carol smith • Jan 3, 2022 at 6:08 pm
cisco umbrella and GoGuardian seriously(here comes the toxic part about GoGuardian)bro GoGuardian has no earnings, nobody likes this GoGuardian kid, don’t even try kid, your about to be party deceased kid. this kid doesn’t like anything.
terry • Feb 2, 2022 at 10:12 am
It’s a vpn not a real person
Austin • Jan 3, 2022 at 4:57 pm
GoGuardian sucks because my teacher used it to spy on my classmates
Judelin • Dec 10, 2021 at 10:09 am
I really hate goguardian. Whats the point on spying on kids when you can just sit at the back of the class? Teachers think its good to have goguardian to spy and block websites easier (Accept for teachers who hate goguardian as well.) Goguardian As what i heard can now see where you are which is very very scary because tracking the location they are in is not necessary if its just to see what the student is doing. If you go to extensions and pin goguardian it will be easier to know if your teacher is watching you or not. Teachers have also been blocking websites permanently Which is a white screen with reset on top left which means its permanent block. Which is not fair because they could secretly go on websites that COULD OR NOT be inappropriate for school and when they are showing there screen they could just close or hide the tab. Ok enough talk about what could teachers do. Goguardian should be illegal for seeing other screens, tracking location and being able to as well control the screen. If you go to youtube.com and search up how to disable goguardian those can help you or go to https://www.change.org/p/students-ban-goguardian?redirect=false to ban it ( i don’t know if i works for not trying it lol). SO now teachers should feel the pain of students be tortured by goguardian or Always seeing it every day and the only day where they are free is summer and vacations. Every ones rate for goguardian for all those abilities it has is not even a 2 which means NEED WORK BUT NOT RECCOMENDED AT ALL and soon if goguadian cant get it own break there might be a parade of people with signs saying “BAN GOGUADIAN” or “GOGUADIAN SHOULD HAVE NEVER EXISTED”. So yeah my rate for goguadian is -Inf/0 (Negative infinite out of zero.). End of comment
C. Nile Dementia • Jan 10, 2022 at 3:43 pm
My computer always has GoGuardian activated, even on the break. I was doing homework over the winter break, and one of my teachers forgot to turn it off. Whenever it got to the time I would have 3rd period (around 9:30-10:00), the four-tabs limit got turned on. Almost all of the stuff I was using got closed out.
Boi • Jan 31, 2022 at 9:23 am
Oh yeah! Way to stand up for yourself!
GOGUARDIAN SUCKS FOREVER!!!!!!!!!
Zohaib Ali • Dec 8, 2021 at 3:45 pm
Ban this stupid goguardian. I wish you weren´t made GoGuardian.
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Just chill'n hating Gogaurdian • Mar 6, 2023 at 3:31 pm
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DownWithGoGaurdian. • Nov 29, 2021 at 2:46 pm
I think GoGuardian is an invasion of privacy. As a student, I see the reason why you would do it but when you are not at school they shouldn’t restrict things you like. This is my only way of using the computer in some places so I can’t do some things. I understand keeping kids on track when you are in school just like teachers used to but after school, it is an invasion of privacy which is literally AGAINST THE LAW. That is a federal offence they need to stop popping in and out of our lives where they aren’t even welcome! I wanted you to watch me I would invite you to my house and make you follow me around! Also, some people might say they don’t operate the restrictions and it is automatic, but it’s not! one day I was playing my new favorite game on my computer but the next day when I was excited to play it was restricted. So not only is that proof they watch you but they also close you out of things in just a few hours! They are cutting us off from our freedom as I speak, more and more sites being closed every day! THIS IS NOT OKAY! DOWN WITH GOGAURDIAN! They aren’t guarding us they are cutting us off! Off from games! Even when we have the freedom to do what we want after school! DOWN WITH GOGAURDIAN! end of the story.
GoGuardian sucks • Jan 31, 2022 at 10:01 am
You THINK GoGuardian is a privacy invasion!?!
You THINK!?!
Don’t THINK it, BELIEVE it!!!
It’s TRUE!!!
[random] • Feb 20, 2022 at 1:15 am
GoGuardian is, in my opinion, really creepy. Not only can it block websites, but it can MONITOR YOUR EVERY ACTION. which I can see how it would be seen as a good thing from an administrator’s pov, but in all seriousness, this is quite literally verging spyware. As a student, I technically don’t have a say in whether this is used or not, but it does make me uncomfortable. Some students, such as myself don’t have a home account, and when on my device at home, I have to log in on my school account, to which I am reminded that this can probably still be active in my free time. creepy.
GoGuardian Trash • Aug 21, 2022 at 12:58 pm
yes, they can watch your every action. Like bruh im not out here live streaming. so dont watch me. Im pretty sure goguardian is illegal at this point :/
jacob • Feb 24, 2023 at 8:25 am
hey, i know i am not in this school, i’m in south effingham middle, but your’e right. goguardian is being used here at my school too. DOWN WITH GOGUARDIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#downwithGoguardian • Nov 18, 2021 at 10:20 pm
GoGuardian sucks. Sometimes I can’t even access school assignments.
Landon • Nov 18, 2021 at 5:39 pm
I can barely have fun with the extension lurking around.
OOF • Nov 15, 2021 at 7:41 pm
I hate GoGuardian so much it just annoys me and I can even use Spotify. I hope that the teachers will finally lift it if I send them this
Chiara L Crociata • Oct 22, 2021 at 9:15 am
they blocked bbc on ours for like 5 weeks and they keep messing things up and blocking the wrong websites like tf
SCREW GOGAURDIAN • Oct 12, 2021 at 4:52 pm
I don’t understand what is so hard about privacy. I mean if we didn’t have this crap then we would be more responsible and not going on non school websites during school because we don’t want to lose our Freedom. So can someone explain that to these retards and these boomers who actually like Gogaurdian. Like stop it, get some help please.
Omar • Oct 8, 2021 at 10:24 pm
Please use this link to sign this petition to shut down GoGuardian. Link: https://chng.it/C56vyR4mJH
Omar • Oct 8, 2021 at 10:13 pm
I’m gonna be honest, I HATE GOGUARDIAN. As a student, it is very disturbing to me and blocks out all fun websites. Now, a lot of teachers are depending on GoGuardian a lot, to SPY! Tabs can be seen, EVEN YOUR WEBCAM! Because of this, I always get bored all the time and always end up sad and anxious. If any principal or teacher is reading this, I recommend to never use GoGuardian again or any type of blocker. If you are not using blockers, GOOD. If I were to rate GoGuardian, it would be -9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999/10.
ME • Oct 6, 2021 at 6:49 pm
I hate It stop it, please
the thing • Oct 5, 2021 at 3:14 pm
Okay, goguardian is fine, but seeing the CAM???? oh ho no no no no no. THAT is invasive.
Jeff • Oct 5, 2021 at 3:22 am
GoGuardian is very close and almost is spyware indeed.
The government…: yea were gonna let teachers install spyware so we can see what the’re doing
gogaurdian: we posess the ability to close tabs, veiw history remotly, track your adress, hack your ip, add students just by their email, veiw current tabs open, even if it is not chrome, block very cool sites that students don’t play, block things on YOUR OWN PHONE GODDAMNIT, and cause depression.
the government…: ok, lets do it
Romit • Oct 4, 2021 at 10:21 am
MY SCHOOL IS BLOCKING EVERYTHING
smol bean • Sep 25, 2021 at 5:56 pm
Well, knowing that this is a monitoring app for students, I think that it would be fine if it wasn’t able to see through your camera or know where you are. That would be downright disturbing. Other than that, GoGuardian would be fine without those abilities. In my opinion, it can be kind of bad because some students, who might be doing virtual school now, could be using the bathroom while on a Zoom meeting, and they aren’t turning on the camera. So instead, they turn on the camera with GoGuardian. Students should have to ability to accept or decline if they would want GoGuardian to do that. Or at least ask their parents. So there are always mixed feelings. But now because it has a tracking device and can see your camera without permission, this is considered illegal spyware and can be harmful to other’s privacy
Ben Polin • Sep 24, 2021 at 2:45 pm
this is just stupid.Me a kid from middle school,I have serizures which means my brain needs a break from lights every now and then.Even when IM DOING SCHOOL WORK THE TEACHER IS SPYING ON ME.god why do my teachers always abuse it.Once i was reading a wikipeda post and a teacher FREAKING BLOCKED THE WHOLE WEBSITE.(it was also after school).This system really needs a change to make it so they cant use cameras or block websites after the school day.
I have my own device but i feel really bad for any kids who dont have a personal device.And PLEASE BAN THIS FOR THE SAKE OF STUDENTS,
Thanks for reading my rant
alahistheone • Sep 11, 2021 at 6:31 pm
bro GG is so annoying. they blocked all the games i play after school hours, they block educational youtube videos and worst of all, they make permanent tabs that CANNOT be closed out. all the features keep getting worse like presentations that appear on your screen and u cant get rid of and even blocking every website but google websites and “new tab”.
jaden • Aug 31, 2021 at 11:13 am
i hate go guardian it direspects everyone with teachers watching us
Brainy_guy • Jul 13, 2021 at 12:44 pm
if you want to go on things that are blocked, click on your google account. if you see something that says “person 2” click on it and then it will send you to an account without any information whatsoever and you can do whatever the heck you want.
Brainy_guy • Jul 13, 2021 at 12:40 pm
I hate goguardian! it is one of the worst websites ever ’cause it blocks every single thing! teachers get to do whatever the heck they want! its not fair!
? • Jun 7, 2021 at 1:42 pm
It was ok and all but durning summer I got on and it said gogaurdian just connected it’s summer if you see this Aisd or any district during summer pls don’t turn gohaurdian o pls
Mr. Bumshteyn • Jun 3, 2021 at 3:01 pm
Everyone try as hard as you can to discredit Goguardian!!!
Mr. Bumshteyn • Jun 3, 2021 at 2:59 pm
Hello. I am a teacher at Tree-house Elementary School. My boss has constantly made me use GoGaurdian. I feel that this is WRONG. It is an invasion of privacy and kids should be allowed to have fun once they are done with their work. I have even been asked to use it after school!!! I have been threatened to be fired so I use it. I use it but I still allow kids to play games. Please, stop Goguardian. Thank you for reading this.
P.S. One of my kids from class gave me $50 for being such a good teacher.
??? • Apr 8, 2022 at 2:20 pm
Are u sure ur a teacher?
If u r, THANK YOU SO MUCH
If not, things between us won’t be good, trust me
...? • May 10, 2022 at 12:03 pm
This is just dumb and stupid
if ur listening to this
BAN
THIS
DUMB
SITE
NOW
JulieHortonTheDBZFan • May 21, 2021 at 5:09 pm
This Is The Most Horrible And The Creators Of GoGuardian Thing Should Go To Hell. And Even I’m Angry With This App. To The People Who “love” this app and to the creators and teachers who love this hellish thing: SCREW YOU ALL!!!!! What I Think About This App, I THINK THIS GOGUARDIAN SHOULD GO TO HELL…
What I Hate The MOST ABout This App is it blocks websites, keeps opening random tabs as if a toddler used the chromebook for no reason And Worst All…IT DISABLES BROWSING!! I Tryed To Close it Out Multiple Times, BUT IT KEEPS APPEARING. I Need A Break. To All The Teachers Who Loves This Hellhole App, MAN YOU ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO INSTALL THIS HELLHOLE!
Ms. Chernow, (To My 4th And My Current Grade teacher,) I Need A Rest!
Your Multi_Glitch Creator, Julie.
Anonymous • May 19, 2021 at 12:39 pm
Its a complete invasion of privacy, its used for purposes it shouldn’t be used for by teachers, and when I work on homework in my bedroom, who knows if teachers are watching?!
online I choose who I want to share information with. GoGaurdian removes that ability
and to my fellow students who are blocked on sites, go to translate.google.com and type the blocked site url, then click the translation link in blue, and its unblocked temporarily. if you pin the gogaurdian extension, itll turn blue when you are being watched
Link0616 • May 18, 2021 at 5:02 pm
First of all, I am a student in general. I gotGoGuardian on my gaming computer and brought it to school. I hop on GoGuardian and (because I am evil) block GoGuardian for the whole school. So the teachers started to freak out screaming “WHO DID THIS TO US,” and I smirked at my classmate behind me and unblocked everything on the students Chromebooks (even the bad stuff on accident) So, if anyone sees this, I am a true hero for my entire school that day.
joe • Mar 2, 2022 at 1:33 pm
We need to build a statue of you
jacob • May 18, 2021 at 9:33 am
I HATE GOGAURDIAN IT IS THE WORST
Brainy_guy • May 17, 2021 at 5:25 pm
goguardian should be illigL! it invades kids’ privacy! its not fair @ ALL!
Brainy_guy • May 17, 2021 at 5:20 pm
i hate gogaurdian and i can’t watch my favorite youtube videos or play my favorite games. Teachers get to do what ever the heck they want to students! goguardian shouldn’t even exist!
Brainy_guy • May 17, 2021 at 4:31 pm
i hate gogaurdian and i can’t watch my favorite youtube videos or play my favorite games! goguardian shouldn’t even exist!
jack • May 17, 2021 at 4:28 pm
gogaurdian is just stupid. my teachers blocked some of my favorite gaming websites and i can’t play my favorite games! its sooooooooo desturbing.
jack • May 17, 2021 at 4:25 pm
GOGAURDIAN IS DOWNRIGHT DESTURBING. I CANNOT DO COOL GAMING WEBSITES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. TEACHERS GET TO VIOLATE KIDS’ PRIVACY! IT SHOULD NOT EXIST!
Ur MOm • May 10, 2021 at 4:46 pm
I think gogaurdian sucs because if I want to play a game AFTER school they block it and if there is a bad word in the youtube video IT LITERLY SAYS IT so I say they should give ways to get past it.
ALPHAwolf • May 10, 2021 at 11:52 am
GOGUARDIAN IS A FREAKIN SPY APP BAN GOGUARDIAN, at first it was never BLOCKED then it RESTRICTED this fun game called mad gunz its a minecraft/fortnite game combined and its been blocked since march (i think ) ive been playen that game for the longets time and (im in class right now ) AND GUESS WHO BLOCKED IT … MY MATH TEACHER my ela teacher DOES NOT USE IT ANYMORE TELL ME HOW TO BYPASS IT please
zain davis • Apr 29, 2021 at 3:37 pm
oh and GoGuardian is practically illegal because it tracks us without consent just look at the permissions it has.
zain davis • Apr 29, 2021 at 3:35 pm
we just got GoGuardian. but the thing is that we already had a blocker so I was confused that we got another blocker. not a lot of teachers at my school really know how tech works also so that’s just downright retarded to add another blocker that’s more advanced and I’m even doing a project on the upcoming Destiny 2 season 14 and everything on it is blocked by either one blocker or another.
jorge • Apr 23, 2021 at 11:57 am
i think they should unlock youtube even if they dont unlock other websites
AlphaWolf • Apr 20, 2021 at 12:44 pm
GOGUARDIAN IS THE WORST! I am a student AND A HATE IT! It block basically every website and i can’t escape! Someone please make a device to stop it!
yorkie_with_a_shoe_on_its_head • Apr 19, 2021 at 1:38 pm
Ok, so im a little bit scared ngl bc i was in class today and i have my own personal ASUS Chromebook and I do not have a phone (I’m in middle school btw) and i was in class and I honestly have a hard time maintaining focus when I’m learning so I need short breaks to relax and i also listen to music while doing work and then all the sudden my history teacher LOCKED all of my stuff and I had to shut down my computer several times and it would not work so he marked me absent in his class but he’s the one who locked me out of everything and literally all i was doing was watching a short yt video. And the fact that they are spying on us is wrong, i get it if its for a school Chromebook but a personal Chromebook c’mon that’s just wrong and even with the school Chromebooks we need our freedom and should have some free time from teachers, i was so close to going off on my history teacher because I need privacy, this is creepy and we need to get them to ban this crap.
anaya • May 18, 2023 at 9:27 pm
they got to your PERSONAL chromebook??? goguardian has gone too far
diego jorge • Apr 16, 2021 at 9:58 am
GOGAURDIAN IS WORSE THAN SECURLY
it like securly is coming to town
it sees you when your working
they know when your off task
they know if you have ben bad or good
SO BEHAVEFOR GOODNES SAKE
i hate goguardian • Apr 15, 2021 at 11:20 am
i need goguardian off my back help me
i hate goguardian • Apr 15, 2021 at 11:18 am
goguardian haunts me it literally scares me
Avamarie • Apr 14, 2021 at 9:22 pm
I feel like when they spy you and block your tabs on goguardian I feel that’s creepy and so mean how they do that they shouldn’t do that teachers don’t that maybe my teachers can block my thing but if she did she is doing the wrong thing maybe I will think about banning it now
guy • Apr 14, 2021 at 3:00 pm
cry about it guys
william lawson • Apr 12, 2021 at 9:27 pm
https://www.change.org/p/students-ban-goguardian?redirect=false
william lawson • Apr 12, 2021 at 9:26 pm
sign this plz
tofeeapples • Apr 3, 2021 at 9:25 pm
MY SCHOO(DISTRICT, TEACHERS) SEEING WHAT UR DOING THEY CAN LOCK U OUT, LOOK AT BROWSING HISTORY, WATCH UR SCREEN LIVE!! AND THEY CANN DO A COUPLE MORE PRIVACY INVASIVE THINGS LIKE LISTEN TO UR MIC, AND WATCH WHOEVER AND WHATEVER IS IN UR CAMERA!!
IF I’M GETTING SCOLDED AND YELLED AT AND MY COMPUTER IS OPENED AND AROUND I DON’T WANT MY TEACHERS HEARING WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON I DON’T LIKE GOGUARDIAN AND IT SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE UNIVERSE!
(NOT JOKING ITS INVASION OF PRIVACY)
-semperfive • Mar 29, 2021 at 9:12 pm
Teachers are violating our rights, it’s time to break these teachers’ souls and sign in to this.
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TAKE THIS TO THE AUTHORITIES, oh and that teacher earlier who says that she likes annoying her students, THE WORLD WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU.
Some Guy On The Internet • Mar 23, 2021 at 4:29 pm
GoGuardian is honestly ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!! My teacher tells me to watch a video for class i open up the video and guess what ITS FREAKING BLOCKED SO THAT MEANS I CANT DO MY SCHOOLWORK AND I JUST WANT TO USE MY CHROMEBOOK BUT NOOOOOOO EVERYTHING IS OBVIOUSLY BLOCKED EXCEPT FOR LIKE 4 WEBSITES
P.S sorry for caps
Worm • Mar 9, 2021 at 12:53 pm
It’s really weird. Some teachers will leave it monitoring after their class is done, meaning they’re causing problems for other teachers that have to use it. One of my teachers even talked about how she can watch us without us knowing. If this wasn’t a professional (well… not really) setting, this would be something you would report to the authorities! A lot of kids in my area don’t have other devices and have to use these chrome books for everything. The teachers are always talking about respecting people’s privacy, but they then prove otherwise by monitoring with this program. I understand its use for testing, but it really shouldn’t be used for anything else.
(And to the teacher who claims students share their entire lives online, why are you actively looking for your students social media? It’s not exactly easily to find an exact person’s social media unless you are searching for it. Seems a bit sketchy that you would even “joke” about that when I believe that teachers aren’t allowed to basically stalk their students.)
James Dolton • Feb 28, 2021 at 8:29 pm
I don’t have a computer or a phone, and I feel violated because i litterly cannot do anything. I don’t have a console to play video games. Normally, I just watch tv shows or anime or youtube on my chromebook. After my teachers put on go gaurdian i cant do anything like that. SO! EVERYONE WHO IS ANNOYED OF GO GAURDIAN! THERE IS A SETTING ON GOOGLE THAT LETS YOU TURN OFF SUSPICIOUS SOFTWARE, AND GO GAURDIAN COUNTS! ITS CALLED SETTINGS CERTIFICATES! TURN OFF ORG AMAZON AND STARFIELD INDUSTRIES!
Concerned student • Feb 26, 2021 at 5:41 pm
As a student that does not have go guardian in my school, I still think it is creepy that teachers watch you. I mean I think securly is better now.
dad • Feb 25, 2021 at 5:36 pm
i am support
https://www.change.org/bangoguardforgood
glichyboi • Feb 25, 2021 at 5:31 pm
to help ban too 🙂 https://www.change.org/bangoguardforgood
glichyboi • Feb 25, 2021 at 5:21 pm
sign it please because on google it said this
Read and change all your data on the websites you visit
Read and change your browsing history
Display notifications
Know your email address
Detect your physical location
Manage your apps, extensions, and themes
Communicate with cooperating native applications
See device information, such as its serial number or asset ID
Anon • Feb 25, 2021 at 1:22 pm
I don’t have gogaurdian on my Chromebook, but from these threads, I can tell this is extremely disturbing to a lot of students. I found out about it through a Youtube Ad. I´m super grateful to have other personal devices can use. God, it sounds like a nightmare. *shudders*
glichyboi • Feb 25, 2021 at 12:59 pm
yes sign it so we sudents can finally win
UR_MOM • Feb 24, 2021 at 2:17 pm
I hate gogaurdian it is basically spying on me 24/7 and I can’t play games at home what kind of idiot made gogaurdian
glichyboi • Feb 24, 2021 at 11:59 am
yes, let’s end this one in for all for signing this http://chng.it/sSqX2jkjyP we can do it people so lets ALL SIGN THIS SO WE CAN PUT A END TO GO GARD MADNESS
M4llowMelt • Feb 19, 2021 at 2:49 pm
GoGuardian is so stupid and creepy. I am in middle school and the fact that the extension says it can DETECT MY PHYSICAL POSITION is creepy and is invasive to my privacy. SIGN THIS PETITION TO BAN GOGUARDIAN!
The Petition: http://chng.it/sSqX2jkjyP
... • Feb 19, 2021 at 2:01 pm
… go gard should be illegal because [ensert YOUR own text]
... • Feb 18, 2021 at 5:10 pm
I agree. but no fear if you have your own device hope you have internet explorer or whatever name then you are safe for now… (I am a student in 4gd with the depression dezase)
Lucas • Feb 16, 2021 at 4:00 pm
I HATE GOGUARDIAN!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!! FYI TEACHERS WE’RE NOT FIRST GRADERS ANYMORE!!! YOU DON’T NEED THIS FILTER BLOCKING EVERYTHING!!!! YOU’RE TREATING US LIKE LITTLE KIDS!!! WHOEVER IS WITH ME SAY IT!!!!!
Lucas • Feb 13, 2021 at 2:09 pm
Also is this in east coast time because I made previous comment at 11:07 not 2:07
adviser • Feb 16, 2021 at 10:05 pm
Yes, our newspaper is an east coast school newspaper. We also reserve the right to publish the comments we feel meet our standards and criteria. For example, curses and solicitation will not be posted.
Lucas • Feb 13, 2021 at 2:07 pm
I CAN’T STAND GOGUARDIAN!!!! IT BLOCKS EVERY WEBSITE THAT EVER EXISTED!!! I agree with tristan sandua, Jonathan yaryan, and SCREW GOGUARDIAN! STOP DENYING IT TEACHERS! GOGUARDIAN IS TERRIBLE!!!
Lucas • Feb 12, 2021 at 1:15 pm
I CAN NOT STAND GOGUARDIAN!! TO ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS OUT THERE WHO SAY “ITS SUPPOSED TO BE EDUCATIONAL” WELL NEWS FLASH! WE DON’T JUST USE OUR COMPUTERS JUST FOR SCHOOL! IT DOESN’T HELP THAT YOU BLOCK EVERY WEBSITE THAT EVER EXISTED!!!
MAD STUDENT • Feb 12, 2021 at 11:11 am
oh, and put in f if you want a protest over goguardian
MAD STUDENT • Feb 12, 2021 at 11:04 am
I agree I have google on my own pc and I am so lucky that gogarden wasent on it so I agree to that go garden would be banned
Lucas • Feb 11, 2021 at 10:33 pm
I agree with tristan sandua, jonathan yaryan, and entirly agree with screw goguardian. IT BLOCKS EVERY SINGLE WEBSITE THAT EVER EXISTED!!!
MAD STUDENT • Feb 11, 2021 at 4:59 pm
OH AND VOTE GOGUARDIN BAN
MAD STUDENT • Feb 11, 2021 at 4:57 pm
it is true that all students must have goguardin BANED and I agree too! because when I found out, I felt mildly disturbed by this including my sister so B A N goguardin Now plz
Not giving name • Feb 11, 2021 at 1:15 pm
I don’t really like it I am in 5th grade and I don’t think my teacher is monitoring me, but she has said to the whole class that she can see our screens whenever she wants. It’s just disturbing for me that my teacher could choose to stalk me every second of every day. My parents are both teachers and I’m not positive but I think my dad uses it for his high school kids, but what really make me uncomfortable. It’s the fact that I need an alt google account to have it stop watching me. Even on my other devices. I have tried to remove the extension but gogaurdian even blocked me from removing itself!
that one black girl • Feb 9, 2021 at 2:17 pm
Hey um i dont think goguardian should have the ability to access your computer after school hours. like many people, this is the only devices i have to my name and i really cant do nothing on here cause of it. i dont mind it that much because my teacher dont use it intill after school (which i dont understand) but i dont like the idea of the teacher being able to access your camera and mic because theirs some times i showered and got dressed with my computer in the bathroom on school hours. before you even say “no us teachers dont have access to those thing” um yes yall do… have you ever been in a meet or zoom and it asks you are you talking or the host wants u to unmute? i really dont like the site i think they should do some stuff for the students safety not just the teachers but yeah..
my_real_name_is • Feb 8, 2021 at 12:06 pm
I found this while looking over my chromebook extensions and was horrified to find this article, and after reading these comments i have lost my faith in the school system completely. if people can see everything i do and can stop people from doing anything on a computer because they want to…. i mean its crazy. if we went to school in person (more) or everyone had a device i could understand the goguardian being installed, but now people are being forced to isolate themselves because they need to focus on the school work. I cant speak for everyone but if something like that happend to me or my friends we would just stop and say F that imma head out. Some other people might just give up and fall into depression, because that’s what happens when someone is isolated from friends and all ways to distract themselves from a horrible situation. and if you use goguardian to do that your a tyrant and a horrible person no question. and yes i wrote this on a school (after writing part of this I learned they patched it so teachers cant look through cameras or hear through mics) but this is just a horrible thing to subject kids to or anyone for that matter.
jonathan yaryan • Feb 8, 2021 at 10:34 am
I think that GoGuardian is dumb because it is blocking every SINGLE thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tristan Sandau • Feb 8, 2021 at 9:20 am
This is so stupid I cant deal with this anymore. you cant even search a cockatoo like i said in my last comment. ITS STUPID. GUYS I SAY ITS TIME TO TAKE A STEP AND BANN GOGUARDIAN!!! WHO EVER IS WITH ME SAY I!!!
Jude Celestin • Feb 5, 2022 at 9:42 am
Ban GoGuardian now!!
Tristan Sandau • Feb 8, 2021 at 9:15 am
GOGUARDIAN SUCKS!!! I LITERALLY CANT SEARCH UP A SIMPLE BIRD!!!!!AND ALSO GEUSS WHATT GOGUARDIAN BLOCLS GAMES LIKE AMONG US AND ROBLOX!!! IT EVEN BLOCKS THE PLAY STORE!!!
skyler • Feb 7, 2021 at 3:38 am
I have COVID-19 all I want to do is watch Disney plus before I die
Alex • Feb 6, 2021 at 1:04 pm
I hate goguardian it really sucks. At first I thought goguardian was just another dumb teacher software but I was watching a short YouTube video for my science class and I saw the goguardian ad I was getting a little more curious about goguardian so I closed YouTube looked up goguardian found this page and the no privacy on goguardian is not okay should not of even existed in this world and the camera thing is over the limits I always had my chromebook next to me on my night stand has it been watching me!!!!! This goguardian has to be bannned and all other things like this literally no joke NOW IM GOING TO PUT SOMETHING OVER THE CAMERA AFTER SCHOOL HOURS by the way goguardian dose not always block discord (: that’s the only good thing… for now!
giacoby halpert • Feb 4, 2021 at 11:22 am
goguardian sucks! its fine when the teachers only use teh chat system but when the look at ur screens then it is terrible and is bad
Ban it plz government
giacoby halpert • Feb 4, 2021 at 11:03 am
I think it is just downright Stupid! you cant even get your own privacy and they can hear everything that you say when it is on. if kids want to watch youtube then let them mess around and not do their work and not close your tabs like a soft cock
JadenA10 • Jan 28, 2021 at 9:04 am
I HATE GOGUARDIAN!!!
SCREW GOGAURDIAN • Jan 27, 2021 at 5:43 pm
a few things
1. whoever said that we are sharing our entire live on social media or whatever, well at least we get to choose what we want people to see on social media onlike goguardian which will see everything that you dont want that teachers to see.
2. for the people who said Oh just use a different device, well the crappy school chromebooks might be a persons only way to acces the internet or dont have their own personal device.
3. what if people who do have their own personal device, also are forced to install it on their OWN PERSONAL DEVICE. i wish adults would get smart and understand what the hell online privacy and privacy in general is.
4. I do not want to hear any thing else such as backlash comments or sass towards me. I am one of the many people who dont have their own personal devie and are forced to use these frickin school chromebooks which yes yes i know they are school property and should be used for school related crap blah blah. well i guess you dont know what it feels like to not have your own personal device.
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END OF RANT.
Anna Harmony • Jan 27, 2021 at 3:58 pm
I hate Goguardian I have spent the last 5 weeks trying to hide from it!!!! It watches everything 🙁
Declan Krause • Jan 26, 2021 at 12:11 pm
I concur with all who say this installation is unfair. Honestly, stop teachers, stalking is illegal until BOOM! school decides to legally break that law with GoGaurdian. If you’re gonna stalk me and frame me, and say I’m craving attention, I’m gonna revolt. The teachers are fine, honestly, BUT they invade all crevices of my privacy and give me nightmares. They decide to add this force install 3RD PARTY APPLICATION MIND YOU, then use it to monitor me and bar me to a dull screen, my parents won’t let me go to in person, so I have to deal with various disturbances, and then when I need a break, Oh LeT’s ClOsE hIs TaB aNd EmAiL hIs PaReNtS. And since one of them who has buttered up my parents for 4 YEARS is the only one who does email them, and when she does, they believe her in an instant and grounds me. It’s a vicious cycle of lying and stupidity that has stayed in my family for a long time, but it’s ending with ME! I will request proof of the misbehaving and if they provide, I will talk with my child and see if we can reach a consensus on what happened, what they feel the punishment should be and how long to be in effect. I will not stand for the tyranny shown in the school system, and unless my child wants it, they will not go into the gifted program, as to not repeat my mistakes.
Lucas Rodrigus • Jan 26, 2021 at 9:42 am
I agree, too.
Kellan • Jan 25, 2021 at 7:59 pm
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! First of all, im checking out GoGuardian as it was new, i was trying to log on when, my teacher locks my screen, after I accidentally selected, teacher, instead of student, as I was attempting to log in to see what was going on. I got in trouble. Some of my classmates dont even attend school anymore! Someone out there, report GoGaurdian.
ALL TEACHERS WHO THINK IT IS FUN TO LOCK SOMEONES COMPUTER ARE EVIL! Even in my off time my teachers access my computer and close out my tabs. I dont want to, but I WILL SEND ANGRY EMAILS!
miss gurl • Jan 25, 2021 at 7:26 pm
i think goguardian is disturbing and should be banned. i understand that some people use school devices but that’s no excuse for invading their students privacy. we need our little brain breaks here and there, we also need this device to google things that we can’t access anywhere else, and we also need our basic human rights. i know for me, staying focused is hard, but isnt there any other possible way for us to stay focused instead? i feel uncomfortable IN MY OWN HOUSE due to the fact that they are able to see through your camera at ant time of the day (not when ur computers closed luckily). goguardian might seem like a good idea to all you teachers in here, but what if you were a student and something like that was happening to you, and resulted in you feeling uncomfortable? another reason why i am so upset is because they can track your location. i have heard of many teachers who are predators or just down right weird and what if they come to your house? not saying it will happen but its a possiblity. more reasons is because why didnt the students get a say in this? this is a huge thing that impacts teachers and students, but why did only the teachers get to join in on the agreement, i mean, this impacts students a lot more so its unfair for us to not have a say in this? i know this is long but i am very upset about this because i feel deprived of my rights as a citizen who has a voice. i need things as a human and goguardian makes it hard to fulfill these needs.
angry about this • Jan 22, 2021 at 5:39 pm
so i hate go guardian personally i have found that teachers can Literally watch you from home is so creepy and invading like just leave us alone we deserve privacy our voices should be heard this chromebook is my only device other than my tv and like a post mentioned earlier some of us have to stay with our familys and it can be annoying when your family is watching you AND your teachers too. my teacher is incredibly rude she closed all of my tabs that had important stuff using gO GuArDiAn.i am in middle school and this isn’t fair at all now,i know im not a straight A+ student but the amount of invasion that go guardian is allowing teachers to have is incredibly stupid i hate this extention it should be banned and i also shouldnt have to type this whole paragraph on how creeped out i feel by my teachers using this site to LITERALLY SPY ON ME AND OTHER PEOPLE PERIODT..
Lucas Rodrigus IS me • Jan 22, 2021 at 2:46 pm
Claire , I also agree.Eveen my school blocked games after school ends, and I cannot play anymore games, and because of the incident that happened, I had to take my personal computer to the Apple repair shop(I have the latest Apple computer) and the repair person said it would take 3 months to fix it, and now i cannot access ANYTHING because if the annoying GOGaurdian.
Maria • Jan 22, 2021 at 2:44 pm
Idc what anybody else has to say is creepy and u feel pressure with these teachers are annoying af thay all happy with it is not even funny anymore it feels like they are stalking us i am so done with go guardian
P • Jan 22, 2021 at 2:37 pm
Teachers use GoGaurdian to just haunt students and treat them as labor people , Which i dislike alot.
Kiimo Mechung • Jan 22, 2021 at 1:13 pm
I think Go Guardian is an invasion to privacy. It stays on after the class ends and it blocks my emails. I cant talk to my friends after class, I sometimes cant even do my work at all. I have a home computer that i dont use for school and GUESS WHAT? GO GAURDIAN WAS ON IT TOO. IT SPREADS LIKE A VIRUS! Im making a petition against IT!
John Reese • Jan 16, 2021 at 6:23 pm
To be honest, GoGuardian is a fairly decent software since it is useful for teachers to make sure students aren’t cheating during assignments, going on unnecessary/inappropriate websites, and not randomly surfing the web during school hours. Like others said, if it is the school’s property, it belongs and should be free for the school to monitor, track, and manage. Although it would be out of hand if the school abuses GoGuardian, such as monitoring you through the spyware after school hours, on your own devices monitored in your own domain, or overriding the students access or blocking them out completely from their device for longer than necessary. Personally, I ‘m fine with this GoGuardian software because I rarely get unfocused or need breaks from school hours.
Just a kid • Jan 14, 2021 at 1:09 pm
So i’m a a middle school kid and nothing so bad has happened to me with gogourdian like them turning on my camera or locking my screen but still this Chromebook that i typed this on is my ONLY device i find it rude and creepy for gogourdian to be active after hours tho stop me from going on YouTube or redit ect, but still things get blocked by my admin and teachers even if i’m an A+ student i am not afraid to say this is not alright it needs to have an update where you have programmable times for it to be monitoring the device that’s what i think.
ps. sorry for the grammar
Lina Martel • Jan 13, 2021 at 5:27 pm
To be honest, it has gotten me pretty paranoid lately and I put a sticker on my webcam since I heard they can access your cameras and microphones. I mean I guess it’s fine but when after school hours are over and they are still watching your screen it can be quite unsettling and intimidating.
Rowan • Jan 13, 2021 at 11:18 am
my teacher is so distrustfull of us that she thinks she hast to watch us. it’s scary. i cant even put on some music without her going, “ROWAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING.”
Claire • Jan 12, 2021 at 2:22 pm
I personally hate GoGuardian. As a student with ADHD, I need to take little breaks here and there to focus properly. I used to do that by listening to music or watching short videos on YouTube. Ever since my school started using GoGuardian, they blocked Spotify, YouTube, Reddit, and a gazzilion other websites I use to not get distracted. I mean, I get that this Chromebook I am using is school property, but it is the only way I can access the internet for me. When I was doing e-learning after Christmas break, I would sometimes have to look up something on Google or watch a video explaining a concept to me further, but my teachers kept closing those tabs EVEN AFTER SCHOOL HOURS. This is just ridiculous and an invasion of privacy. GoGuardian is just another way to discourage students and have them get into trouble for the littlest things.
Tip for bypassing GoGuardian (this always works for me):
as soon as you open a “fun tab” on the weekend, open a bunch of other school related tabs to cover it up so your teacher doesn’t catch you
Lucas Rodrigus • Jan 12, 2021 at 11:45 am
One time, when I was doing homework at home, like at 9:00 PM, My teacher just closed my tabs and locked my chromebook for fun, Just to see how i react, and because of that, I had to miss 1 week of school and get a referral for not coming to school. And when I wanted to access my scchoolwork from my personal device, It said LOCKED, and a google metting popped up, and i tryed to close it, but it did not close. Then when i checked my mail, It said, “Why were you playing Madalin stunt 3 yesterday at 6:00 PM, And arent you too young to drink coffee?”GoGaurdian Just takes away your priyvacy at home, and I do not accept it.It even checks your room at home, which takes it away to a diffrent level, even in your personel divice. GoGaurdian and all other monitoring divices should be banned!!!
me • Jan 10, 2022 at 9:01 pm
thanks for sharing your experience. this software is terrifying and i support you 100%.
Ashley • Jan 6, 2021 at 1:31 pm
I don’t like it. I get that GoGuardian is supposed to help us, but it is an invasion of our privacy. All of my teachers have said that it’s the same as them looking at your Chromebook in class. it’s not. The fact that they can now see what we’re typing, what we have been typing, see our browsing and search history, that’s not ok with us. Yes, yes, some of you might say, just use another device. But for some students, like me, this is our only way to access the internet, and since I don’t have a phone, the only way to contact my friends. One of my teachers said that anything we have typed on our Chromebooks is available, our history is available, tabs that we are not currently on are available, and pretty much anything on our computers is available. We may technically be kids, but especially now, when most of us are stuck inside with only our family, WE NEED OUR PRIVACY. Adults for some reason don’t seem to get that. I get that we need to do our work, but most of us get it done anyway, regardless of us listening to music or watching youtube. Actually, if you are a teacher at my school, or someone who works in the office, STOP READING. I find this to be an extreme invasion of our privacy, and I know other students do too.
joe biden offical (legit) • Jan 4, 2021 at 2:45 pm
GoGuardian is annoying yes, but as someone who can use a personal computer I don’t have an issue, but I think it’s unfair and stupid they force people to install it on their personal devices, at that point its completely terrifying, If my computer was being controlled by someone it would be uncontrollably annoying, the school has a right to do it on their own devices, but not others, some of my friends are locked out of youtube, Reddit, etc on their personal computers.
Finn • Jan 4, 2021 at 10:35 am
I’d kinda understand if it was just school computers but it has become spyware on my personal chromebook, its to the point where im considering a fake account so i can just get around this crap
Teacher - In CO • Jan 2, 2021 at 6:42 pm
The students on here who are complaining about an invasion of privacy crack me up! Are you not sharing your entire lives on social media of some sort???
Now seriously, the part of this program that is helpful from my perspective is to be able to monitor tests, but do you honestly believe that as a teacher or as the administration, we watch you when the bell rings. If we want to do that, we’ll add you to our facebook pages, you’ll accept us, you accept everyone. We have lives kids. It’s okay. We’re not watching you, we’re grading your work. Oh, wait, maybe we don’t have lives…
Marco C. • Dec 28, 2020 at 12:01 pm
Ugh. Seriously, does no one know how to spell here?
Isla • Dec 26, 2020 at 1:25 pm
Now I don’t know if your teachers can actually see through your camera, which would be very disturbing. And yes it is annoying how you can’t go on all websites, but on the other hand it is a school device, and it’s made for school related stuff only. I see why kids would want to go on games and other websites. But that’s not what school devices should be used for. I don’t think it’s ok that the teachers can watch your screen whenever they want. But you shouldn’t have a problem with Guardian if you’re actually using your school device for what it’s supposed to be used for
jonnathan • Dec 22, 2020 at 2:25 pm
GoGuardian is great to monitor students so they focus. i dont think its a privacy issue because its the schools chromebook and school issued email addresses. after school hours its still a managed laptop by the school. like someone said earlier if your want to goof off, use another device.
Mason Rafferty • Dec 18, 2020 at 4:06 pm
Speaking as a student, GoGuardian is sorta like a privacy invasion. But, don’t get me wrong, it is a school device. But being able to access a camera and microphone is a whole other level. Some students need privacy, now GoGuardian is supposed to help you stay focus, but including after dismissal? Students should be able to access what they want as long as it’s not inappropriate, I don’t have access to Youtube for example. But student’s voices have to be heard by the school board.
Darin • Dec 14, 2020 at 6:58 pm
I understand some things need to be monitored but now that almost everything is blocked I can no longer talk to my friends. 🙁
man • Dec 12, 2020 at 1:55 pm
Why was goguardian even made, kids feel condemned when it is used. It’s just downright disturbing.
Emily Hanna • Dec 11, 2020 at 12:07 pm
I hate this app! I am a student in middle school, I cannot access ANYTHING FUN! And try to access youtube or reddit? For like 5 minutes. I will be scrolling through my feed, and I will get exited out of the tab with a notification: “GoGuardian- Your teacher has closed the tab.” SO YOU ARE WATCHING MY SCREEN WHILE IM AT HOME!?! STUDENTS NEED THEIR PRIVACY. LET ME LOOK AT YOUTUBE OR REDDIT WITHOUT CLOSING OFF THE TAB, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
brandon g • Dec 9, 2020 at 12:29 pm
its stupid its like teachers spy on you
Itz Uni Playz Roblox • Dec 1, 2020 at 6:58 pm
GoGuardian is mostly fine to me
Dominik Chemore • May 9, 2023 at 6:50 pm
GO GUARDIAN SUCKS. I HATE GOGUARDIAN BECAUSE TEACHERS ARE TOO STRICT ON IT
Soliana • Dec 1, 2020 at 6:57 pm
GoGuardian is fine to me
Soliana • Dec 1, 2020 at 5:51 pm
GoGuardian is kind of stupid, but not so fine at the same time
Itz Uni Playz Roblox • Dec 1, 2020 at 5:48 pm
I think GoGuardian is stupid because in total from what students are saying, “I think this is stupid”, “GoGuardian is a disrespect of students privacy”, “GoGuardian is stupid. It just blocks everything.”
Credits are below of what I think if they are students are saying:
anonymous#123, Random, Timmy Baker
Itz Uni Playz Roblox • Dec 1, 2020 at 5:38 pm
I think GoGuardian is stupid because when it watches you after the dismissal bell, that is just creepy watching you. UNLESS it is for a safe reason, such as unsafe websites, spam, inappropriate content, ect.
Itz Uni Playz Roblox • Dec 1, 2020 at 2:55 pm
Also but GoGuardian is stupid because
1st. It invades your privacy
2nd. They don’t let you go to already-blocked-websites during the weekend
3rd. It gets on some peoples home devices
Also:
My friend got locked out for a reason, which is fair, but what if the teacher forgets?
I still think there should be a lock-out-timer
I was a bit too crazy saying “BANNED” on my previous comment
Credits: Soliana (My old name), anonymous#123, Random, jowell, Timmy Baker
The end!
Soliana • Dec 1, 2020 at 2:28 pm
I don’t really know if GoGuardian is so bad, but I can’t go to non-school websites, even before I found out my password on my gmail account, because I had to do “Forgot Password”. The thing that really hits me is that when my BFF got locked out of her device in 2nd grade. Couldn’t GoGuardian do a timeout thing, and the teacher would set the time limit, and could turn it off when wanted??? Locking people out of their chromebooks just DOESN’T make sense. And if it locks me out of my iPad (which never happened), this thing should, but no offense, be BANNED for our safety.
Mr. 2 Bon Clay • Nov 23, 2020 at 9:50 am
As a teacher, I believe I have too much power.
anonymous#123 • Nov 20, 2020 at 9:41 pm
I think this is stupid and a invasion of privacy. Teachers should not have the ability to lock devices and cheak history and close tabs. No one wants a teacher watching over them and cheaking everything they do
CoconutsOnABoomBoomStick • Nov 12, 2020 at 9:03 pm
I really don’t understand why people hate it i get it its creepy and all but if your using a school device They have the rights to do anything but if its your personal device that is crossing the line thats the part when you use reverse card
Random • Nov 2, 2020 at 3:52 pm
GoGaurdian is a disrespect of students privacy, I’ve had people show me its on their home computer and there teacher’s watch them on their own device and a non school account, THIS IS NOT OKAY!!
Muffin • Oct 24, 2020 at 10:00 pm
I don’t mind go guardian.
Sylvie • Oct 24, 2020 at 9:49 pm
As a teacher,I love goguardian.I can spy on students cause go guardian has access to location and camera microphone.I love annoying students with go guardian.
Jim • Oct 24, 2020 at 9:32 pm
As a teacher,I personally love GoGuardian it helps me spy on people thanks to its abillity to detect location and has access to camera and microphone.
mrs. robynn dabanck • May 15, 2022 at 3:49 pm
jim this is illegal
sincerely, a teacher
Dominik Chesmore • May 9, 2023 at 6:47 pm
As a student I DISLIKE GoGuardian
Myra Skelton • Oct 22, 2020 at 2:49 pm
If it is the schools computer, the school has the right to monitor that device whether it is on campus or off campus. Use your own device to goof off.
Mohamed • Sep 10, 2020 at 2:14 pm
Yeah my school has it and I always sign out just so I can keep my privacy so go to your main
SCHOOL_IS_PRISON • Feb 18, 2020 at 1:05 pm
this is like Lanschool but equally worse
Timmy Baker • Jan 9, 2020 at 6:04 pm
GoGuardian is stupid. It just blocks everything.
jowell • Dec 11, 2019 at 1:36 pm
i need to get goguardian of my back