“A complete log of all online activity, including screenshot and video captures … provides a historical timeline of user activity, including username, computer name, application or website, time, date and screenshot/video recording…”Īpparently, Impero can “track devices using geo-location management”, although it’s unsure what this means. Staff can also trigger a screenshot or a screen recording at any time. In addition, Impero has “… live thumbnail view of student devices”, allowing the staff to see everything on your screen. Also, programs start slower than usual, making a computer that already runs on 4GB of RAM (the average for 2013, which was before Windows 8.1 was released) stressed to run even a few applications. 2 In other words, makes its code run before your program starts up. Impero does this by putting code into all programs on the computer (via a. Then the school administration can see the screenshot / video recording sent. This means that if Impero accidentally detects something bad, you could be locked out of “your” computer. ban internet, lock screen” when a certain keyword or keywords are found. “The software then logs the capture in a … database as a screenshot or video recording with details of the incident, including the user, the application, the date and time.” Staff can also “Set automatic …, e.g. Impero Education Pro is a piece of software that monitors everything you type, searching for key words like “drugs”.
While these laptops are very convenient and useful, they can also be potentially a way for the school to monitor you via an installed piece of software called Impero. This is the first year that the Sophomores and Freshmen got their own, personal, school-provided “One to One” laptops.
Max Hogan, Contributing Author and Tech Guru
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