Securly Avis 578

As a student, I’d describe Securly as a complete invasion of personal rights disguised as “safety.” On the first day of school, I was handed a form that basically said: sign this or don’t get a computer. Sounds optional, right? Not really, because every single assignment was digital. So in reality, it wasn’t consenting to my rights being violated it was forcing me to be compliant.

Once that was out of the way, the software just sat there at first. Then second semester hit, and suddenly teachers decided the solution to students not finishing work was to micromanage everything. Instead of fixing workload or teaching better, they started constantly watching screens and limiting device usage. Now I had to ask permission just to use my own school-issued computer every single time and had to say exactly what I was doing, how long I would be doing it and if I went over the amount of time I said I would have to do it I would have to waste more of my time going back to my teacher.

And while teachers definitely made it worse, the software itself didn’t help at all. Securly blocks websites constantly, including ones actually needed for research. It doesn’t just filter out junk—it nukes anything remotely related, making basic assignments take way longer than they should. This kind of aggressive filtering is literally part of how the software works, monitoring browsing, searches, and even activity across emails and documents.

Let’s not pretend this is just about “helping students.” This software can monitor browsing, messages, and files, and even lets teachers view screens in real time very creepy. That’s not guidance that’s surveillance.

To sum it up, Securly contributed to:

- Making schoolwork harder than it needs to be
- Blocking legitimate research and resources
- Turning learning into constant monitoring instead of actual teaching
- Removing any sense of independence or trust
- Forcing students into a system they can’t realistically opt out of

If the goal was to help students succeed, this completely misses the mark. All it really does is make school more frustrating, more restrictive, and way less effective. My experience was so bad I was willing to spend 20 minutes writing this to encourage schools to not use Securly. I hope no student ever has to go through anything like this in the future. Thank you for reading.

Honestly who ever created this stupid peace of crap software I’m going to sue them like so stupid and it blocks everything, blocking useful websites, and don’t get me started on those stupid atrocious prick gnomes man like I want to punch these stupid gnomes in the face man it so obnoxiously stupid like get a life stupid Securly get a life nobody likes Securly

THEY BLOCK EVERY THING!!!!!

I was on edclub like my teacher told me in the middle of on the website then I get blocked for 10 minutes which is crazy. I didn't even click anything.

Securly is just horrible. If’s supposed to help you focus while researching, but the term restrictions all too often restrict perfectly normal things that you may have to research for school.

securly is actually hell to deal with, i cant go on shit even for projects, and it steals your data

Ah yes, having my school give my data away without my consent. Illegal, but profitable.

Securly just generally shares OUR info and data, blocks everything even non-harmful websites, blocking at home when we should be free after being stuck in school for 6-8 hours.

I had this used at my school. Spyware

Has only taught me how to be private due to its extensive presence in my school chromebook. Even on my personal devices I like to be private. Especially because of software like this, invasive "safe" "lifesaving" hellspawn

Youtube isn't blocked
TikTok is blocked
Most other social media platforms are blocked

My thoughts are.

MALWARE MALWARE MALWARE
SPYWARE SPYWARE SPYWARE
HELL HELL HELL HELL HELL HELL

And the fact that it can full-screen itself as a screen block, while it does work it is easily bypassed until you want to open something.

I am a student who is forced to use Securely. What I have discovered is that your IT department screws up bad enough, you can actually see Securely downloads ftxt files every time you search something. Also why do we need to track each device? Like I get if you lose it, but a 24/7 GPS? There are so many ways to prevent children from doing bad things, but Securely makes teachers weak and loses all respect for them because the teacher isn't in control.

Securly blocks everything. During free time, there's nothing to do. I can't use Reddit, Pinterest, DeviantArt, no games. It makes school unenjoyable at times.

First of all I have securly in my school and its just malware, it allows teachers to spy on people after school ends. And it blocks everything so when i have anything like free time theres nothing to do, anything that could make a student happy gets blocked i cant even listen to music they blocked spotify. Also some of my teachers are on a power trip and locks my screen because I accidentally go on a wrong tab.

They care about profit more than the product. They also track your location, sell your data to 3rd party's, track everything your doing and they make sure you cant go on anything fun This just makes me want to throw my Chromebook on the ground as hard as I can. also they say they saves 2000 students lives how can a tracking platform save a student life in fact I dont think you can get help when using a Chromebook with Securly.

This is exactly like spyware. And no students get a say on what is happing. Securly knows what you type, your emails you sent, your documents and your searches. I had to do a essay on a war way back and it got flagged and I had to have a meeting with my counselor.

This teaches people to not speak out and stay quiet it makes people not want to be honest it remove's privacy. I wish school's will stop using spyware.

It's been said time and time again, but I just cannot stress the fact that Securly is HORRIBLE. It's absolute shit. Excuse my language. It tracks you everywhere you go. In class, in your house, even in your very bathroom. I've had my computer locked so many times when I was at home, a place where I should have freedom. A teacher should not be able to monitor and lock your computer while in a personal space. It is a horrible, absolutely gross violation of student rights. Securly NEEDS to be banned and dubbed illegal.

Securly is a greedy cash grab

I'm Crashout (i'd prefer to stay anonymous), and I go to a school district that uses Securly. Our school hands out MacBooks to students in the 6th grade and has us use them until we graduate HS. For our Elementary kids, they have iPads. They all have Securly (AND Moysle Mobile Device Management for extra privacy invasion) installed on them, and guess what?
A) It blocks the stupidest things:
It blocked trustpilot because of "anonymous proxies"
Whenever I look something up it's blocked because the "keyword is in policy blocklist"
B) We can't even request access anymore for sites we need to use
C) Whenever a teacher asks us to watch some YouTube videos, half of them are blocked! (And then ofc those sus ones slide right through)
D) Not to mention, none of us can access terminal! (It might sound nerdy, but for some of us who can't afford low to medium end desktops who would like to get into scripting can't with the blockages)

Not to mention that Securly just keeps on collecting data about students. Whenever our PHONES or personal devices enter the building - bam. locked down like a fricking prison cell (this includes portable consoles, which I don't even understand) and then Securly over here just taking all of our data.

All in all, it's a great idea, just very poorly executed and just an overall terrible service.

Oh yeah and the only reason teachers and ITs use it is because of the control they have.

Teachers are to Securly
like Jeff Bezos is to money.
Can't have enough of it even though you basically have it all

they banned the word appel exactly like that pretty sure they unbanned it but idk

This is just like the other thing...blocking shit, and reporting things, like I cant do nothing about me wanting to cook or learn more on mental health issues..it blocks all of it..also ,you cant use your full on at home Gmail for some things..ok I'm trying to safe the school from being phished again..ugh..just it is a like a hack ware than a safety ware..it know all minors names and where they live...that can be hacked and pedos can get that shit

Edit: Petition anyone bc of what I'm seeing with this app is a hack ware,spyware,and malware all in one code mess ball that needs to be gone..if you are wanting to help me out please I'll try to make a website so all of us kids can talk about this and make a law about this for us and others-from a fellow friend who says f#ck the spywares and power tripping teachers

Securly is a privacy-invasive website blocker.

For example, when I tried to search "Hit The Button" (a maths game) they blocked that. They also blocked DuckDuckGo, a search engine based on privacy. Don't even start thinking about looking at images. Of course, a landscape is "adult content", yes a LANDSCAPE, HILLS, WATER, FLOWERS and TREES. There wasn't even anyone in the frame.

I was clicking around my school computer, then I saw it, next to Securly, it said "Detect your physical location" And of course, the turn off button is gone. The creepy thing is we take these school computers home for homework purposes.

Luckily, I have a PC, which I use Private Browsing for all homework purposes. The only thing there is Scam/Ad blockers, which I trust more than Securly. But still, what if others don't have access to Securly-free computers.

If I could give negative stars I would give negative a million I hate this shitty software trying to make entertainment illegal when I just one goddamn break

Securly needs to be banned. it is highly intrusive, monitoring students including myself while we are at home, im afraid to change clothes in my own bedroom because im scared they are using the webcam, they monitor your screen 24/7, block essential websites, such as mental health services, and information relating to it, and even sex ed, THEY TEACH YOU THIS WHY SHOULD IT BE BLOCKED?