bplusp on Nostr: I firmly believe schools and tax payer dollars should only be spent on free and open ...
I firmly believe schools and tax payer dollars should only be spent on free and open source software (FOSS). Allowing students to learn on FOSS would make it cheaper and easier for the parties involved. If Governments only used FOSS, students can graduate and be ready for an entry level government position before moving on to something more serious and useful in the private sector. Private Companies could also build upon the OSS, enabling the government to be of some use.
Moving past that, far too often we see proprietary software tasked to protect the data of students, teachers, and even parents fail. Canadians that went to schools that used 'PowerSchool' are dealing with exactly that. Tens of Millions of people, going back some 40 years, have their identities, grades, addresses, and much more hacked recently. Quite an interesting article and not something tax payers should be spending money on.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/powerschool-hacker-claims-they-stole-data-of-62-million-students/
This is an ongoing situation and Foresnic Reporting was promised on the 17th of January, however it wasn't released. The company doing the forensics is Crowdstrike, who have their own problems.
Below is a link to Powerschool, it's a FAQ for helping those affected and providing 2 years of identity theft support. The forensic investigation should be updated there too.
https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/
Moving past that, far too often we see proprietary software tasked to protect the data of students, teachers, and even parents fail. Canadians that went to schools that used 'PowerSchool' are dealing with exactly that. Tens of Millions of people, going back some 40 years, have their identities, grades, addresses, and much more hacked recently. Quite an interesting article and not something tax payers should be spending money on.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/powerschool-hacker-claims-they-stole-data-of-62-million-students/
This is an ongoing situation and Foresnic Reporting was promised on the 17th of January, however it wasn't released. The company doing the forensics is Crowdstrike, who have their own problems.
Below is a link to Powerschool, it's a FAQ for helping those affected and providing 2 years of identity theft support. The forensic investigation should be updated there too.
https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/