Someone is doing their job

[susqcyber]

I was browsing reddit and came across this in /r/Applehelp:

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Along with this request:

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Thank you to Damien Barrett for upholding the K12 IT Admin Code!

[bentoms]

Nice one @damienbarrett!

[damienbarrett]

Hee hee, you saw that too, eh?

I suspect it's a British school somewhere. Wonder if the admin is around here. Would be hilarious.

[susqcyber]

haha thats exactly what I was hoping when I posted it.

[mm2270]

Lol. Nice one!

[dgreening]

I like to include a blurb about violating our AUP in our blocked software messages. Nice one for sure!

[scottb]

When we got the corporate OK to not only kill Mavericky installs, but to delete them, I was delirious with joy. I only wish I could have seen the faces of those who took the hours to download on the crappy network see it disappear before their eyes. Yes, they got a blurb with a message to contact IT for any questions. :)

[tucker_dewolf]

That was the best reddit thread I have ever read.

[tkimpton]

Sweet :)

[freddie_cox · Accepted solution]

Added this block on the 19th. I feel like my job here is done. :-)

With 6,000 student devices we don't have notifications setup for Application Restrictions at this time, otherwise we might go mad!

Great response @damienbarrett][/url!!

@boettchs I probably do need to spend more time and clarify my block message just a bit. Some include a snarky remark about getting back on task.

[susqcyber]

@freddie.cox Thats awesome! You should send a message to that kids computer telling him that neither steam nor reddit are approved for use on school computers.

[freddie_cox]

@susqcyber We've had several enterprising students this year, that's for sure.

Most some how end up getting Apple to walk them through reseting the local admin password without the phone agent figuring out they are talking to a 13 year old who is using a computer that isn't "theirs." Once we detect the account change, it resets the password, firmware locks the device so they can't do it again and shoots us an email.

We were hoping we could get away without putting an EFI password on everything, but I think our plans next year will include this.

It's also been fun trying to balance what falls in our hands to restrict vs. classroom management/behavior issues.

[susqcyber]

I know what you mean. We are still running white macbooks, so EFI is great until one of the students learns to pull a stick of ram to reset the password. Soldering the ram has definitely made it easier to manage though. We've had students that learned that they could run applications from the desktop, so I had to start doing inventory collection from anywhere that the student had access to write to.

[tkimpton]

Cheered me up this morning lol

http://www.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/1t9dp0/school_blocked_steam_any_way_around_this/

[easyedc]

That. Is. Awesome.

Oh to be young and stupid and think you own the world.

[ahambidge]

It's these rare times I wish we could give "JAMF Gold" or something like that here on JAMF Nation. Kudos to you @freddie.cox!