Lightspeed Systems Reviews 

IT IS SO STUPID AND EVILI GET NO PRIVACY AND IT IS SO STUPID JUST REMOVE IT

Lightspeed is actually terrible. I have personally viewed the source code , and let me tell you, it is EVIL. Here is a comprehensive list:
Google email, literally your ip address, your screen, tab names, browsing history, current tab url, wifi network name, search queries, files downloaded, time spent on sites, network configuration (which might include your password), bookmarks, PLAIN TEXT data being sent, and probably more.

they see everything on your school device
you have no privacy
they somehow fail to block unsafe things
they block educational youtube videos and websites
they can LIMIT TABS WHATS THE POINT IN LIMITING TABS ITS NOT GONNA STOP ANYONE FROM PLAYING COOKIE CLICKER
if your gonna block stuff and restrict things on school computers then do it right

It has never once helped me EVER. It constantly gets in the way of learning which includes blocking sources, videos, images, and more which makes it harder to do basic digital work. And the school can put websites on a custom block list and this has happened to so many websites that made me not feel board, but they got blocked all because about 7 kids were playing games instead of working. Oh and they can remotely brick a computer at any time. I don't have any privacy because they can see your screen and it doesn't even have the decency to alert you, in fact I'm writing this while in math so hopefully my teacher doesn't see this. AND HOW IS IT LEGAL FOR THERE TO BE A DEVICE LOCATION TRACKER, like if a teacher were to be a pedophile or something they could just hack in. And its designed to not be bypassable, like I can end programs in task manager yet not lightspeed. I feel like it may be affecting my computer literacy because there are barely any applications I can download and parts of the OS are not accessible. I just don't feel like sharing my true thoughts on school devices because the school will punish you for things only YOU could see, its just created an artificial me. And it doesn't even do its job, many educational videos are blocked yet one of my friends told me that someone told him about an unblocked site that had porn and that when he check it out it did in fact have porn. And already I know that adults are going to call me a dramatic teen that doesn't understand, but how would you like it if the government forced you to have it at the OS level against your will, you would be furious but we kids are just seen as dramatic even though we have to go through this 5 days a week. Plus it stores Data that can be breached by hackers. And my parents actually trust me with unfiltered internet access but it doesn't matter if you need restrictions or not, you get them anyways. BTW for y'all's wondering I'm 11 (Gonna be 12 in a few months)

tell me why they blocked videos on MAKING STICKERS, TEAMWORK, ART, AND A STRAY CAT, BUT NOT GORE???? like hello???? block things that are actually bad and not useless little cute things that make 'students distracted' and things that actually offers more learning than teachers do. literally every good thing always get blocked even YouTube. like they haven't blocked enough stuff from there. also just the thought of teachers spying on students makes my skin crawl, like that's weird, and I don't wanna have someone spying on what I like to do. also it just makes my computer very laggy and sometimes I can't even open a tab without restarting the computer or closing and opening it again. overall, even though sometimes students do get off track, just don't block dumb things and spy on students, unless the students give consents because adults need to respect a student's privacy and lightspeed is not doing that.

It sends weekly email reports to your parents, monitors keystrokes, logs any websites visited, blocks some sites randomly. its bad.

This application is actually spyware on KIDS.One data leak and it’s over.

They literally do not care about students... They banned lichess and mathisfun.org, but kept chess.com up, when its a piece of hot garbage? This is a shit experience, and I never want to see it again

ts is ahh the teachers use it to spy on u and it makes u feel like ur being watched so ahh do not get

Horrible software.
I get its a school-mandated device, but still complete breach of privacy. I almost got suspended for searching up "cool math games"
This happened 2 days into the year.

Lightspeed, or rather several services of theirs such as their proxy agents, serve a page on localhost:6543 (from what I've observed) and essentially redirect to that page if Lightspeed detects either a blocked keyword in a Google search (such as "unblocked" or "games") or a blocked URL (such as, in my case, crates.io or Github.) Not only that, but they also often force-install Root CAs (certificate authorities) to thwart any sense of privacy and to perform full SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) inspections. Not to mention Lightspeed Alert, like similar early detection models, train on student data. This level of surveillance essentially conditions our next generation to be okay with minimal privacy.

They take away any privacy students have.

At home, I use my school computer to do out-of-school classes and projects. Light speed reports it to my teachers as "inappropriate behaviour" and sends a prewritten email to my family. This allows teachers to control your screen, wifi, and see your search history.