[ziddoap]

>A school issued laptop is not going to wear out any faster or slower depending on what you type on it.

Except you know, all the non-hardware related issues computers can face such as viruses, ransomware, etc.

>And there's clearly no restriction here against personal use.

I'll need a source on that. My kids school laptop comes with strict "no personal use" instructions.

[KatrKat]

Sorry, what I meant to say here I think is that Gaggle isn't being used to enforce a restriction against personal use. It seems like the school district in the article doesn't particularly care whether students are using their laptops or school accounts for personal use or not. They're not surveilling Google chat and e-mail looking for just any personal communications, or excluding academic communications form surveillance.

Look at the "what Gaggle flagged on kids' computers" chart: none of this is "video games" or "wasting time on YouTube" or "visiting sketchy domains that might host ransomware". If that sort of stuff was in "Other", "Other" would be the biggest category. If personal use of the devices or accounts outside the particular areas Gaggle scans for is against policy, the school doesn't seem to be using this tool to try and enforce that policy.

They are instead using the tool to examine everything the students do or store that might be related to these topics, whether it happens during personal or academic use.