google's big PR banter is all about their superiority in privacy and security
many parents will read the trust section of the google docs about educational tools for their kids and be ok with it
issues like the behind-the-curtain work of adtech and the risks of trusting a company aggregating on their servers a database of millions of students are scarily underestimated
google for education, podcast ep Show more
as a parent/teacher would you be fine with having to consent to the use of google products in your school? if not would you even have a true choice?
in the podcast the case of a dissenting parent (someone who works in infosec and is particularly privacy-conscious) is presented: the school in that case apparently has no practical way to provide any alternatives to those who opt out...