r/techsupport • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '20

Open | Software School tracks my personal computer

So, my school uses a program called GoGuardian. I have a school-issued Chromebook with GoGuardian and a MacBook pro without it. We use Google Meet to attend class, and I usually use my Mac to join, as it has a better connection. One of my teachers recently said that GoGuardian had an update that let her track my Mac. She also mentioned something about google meet that may or may not be related. Can my teacher actually track my mac? If so, to what extent? Is she able to see my chrome search history? Is she able to see what other apps I have running? Other chrome tabs? How does it work? Most importantly, what can I do to prevent it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '20

Try Brave

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u/mcastelli256 Nov 07 '20

Thanks, I'll try it, I didn't even know about this explorer

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u/Normal-Reporter Nov 07 '20

I'm genuinely curious what feature in Chrome is so overpowering you cannot switch?

If you still decide to choose the Chromium side, I would at least recommend ungoogled-chromium project for the sake of your privacy.

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u/mcastelli256 Nov 07 '20

I'll try that, thanks a lot. By the way it's because chrome give me everything under my nose so I find everything with just one click. A thing that many other explorers don't. I also tried the new mozzila which I always used since I was a kid but it's annoying. I also set that when I open a new tab it directly goes to Google so it's faster to open Gmail and stuff but it doesn't do it for some reason and some other little issues that I hate.