Securly is an intrusive and insulting interface; It is a slap in the face to both students and teachers, blocking the majority of YouTube videos and websites important for research/projects/presentations/etc. "Securly" is so severely warped and broken that if you were to go to Google, searched for a blocked website, and open the website in a new tab, your other tabs will suddenly redirect to the Securly "blocked!" page as well. At least maintain a blocking system that fundamentally works well and supports more flexibility for both students AND teachers. A simple fix for this problem is to:
1. Block School WiFi on our home accounts and give us home accounts back
2. Enable so that when we get on our home WiFi securly stops blocking.
I don't recall signing any form that says we cant have home accounts. We feel that they are owning our Chromebooks that we purchased. I understand why they do this at school but under our parents supervision at home we feel that we should have access to our own accounts. I know many people who had photos, games, and files that were special to them on their home accounts that they no longer have access to. Securly has been invented for one reason and one reason only: tormenting children. It blocks every website known to man, and then some. I doubt anyone appreciates it; I have even heard teachers angered by its "Page Blocked!" when they try to access nothing more than an educational site. This program is completely useless for anything other than pranking your friends... I take that back. That's too cruel a punishment for anyone. If you think Securly is a good choice for keeping your school internet safe, think again. It does nothing but make internet browsing a huge hassle which becomes almost unbearable on a daily basis. I will admit that it does a good job of blocking websites - educational ones. Now, some websites that aren't school appropriate manage to slip through its cracks, but I've found only two educational, school-friendly sites that aren't limited by this pathetic waste of storage. Thank you for your time, and I hope you will sign this petition to solve this problem.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 14, 2024
November 22, 2021
The current volume of support has secured a meeting with the district IT director to discuss the specific functionality issues outlined in this petition. I am drafting a formal request detailing the negative impact of these restrictions on classroom research to present during that discussion.
Reached 100 supporters
November 18, 2019
1,110 Comments
DOWN WITH SECURELY!!!!!! Once, I was trying to research for a class project and it blocked the whole search results page because of ONE blocked website that came up on the page, so I had to find another way to research it.
this app is such an unnecessary waste of time, i would understand if u only use it in school but they still have it at home. And securly wastes an unnecessary amount of my patients blocking videos that don't need to be blocked, i want this trash g o n e
Reasons why I hate securly 1. It blocks a bunch of websites for no reason 2. It blocks so many youtube videos 3. It tracks every move you make 4. It knows where you live 5. It still blocks stuff when we are not at school
Securely is overly sensitive about everything. It blocks even websites that I use for research ONLY. Genius Lyrics, one of my favorite websites to visit whenever I need to decipher a song meaning, is blocked because it’s “social networking”.
SECURLY BLOCKS STUFF AT MY HOUSE AND EVEN RANDOMLY DOWNLOADED ITSELF ON MY PERSONAL COMPUTER NOW BECAUSE I HAD TO LOG IN ONCE WITH MY SCHOOL ACCOUNT AND NOW IT IS ON THERE AND WONT LET ME DELETE IT PLEASE SIGN AND GET RID OF THIS STUPID WEBSITE BLOCKER
they block Google classroom so I cant do homework
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Securly is an intrusive and insulting interface; It is a slap in the face to both students and teachers, blocking the majority of YouTube videos and websites important for research/projects/presentations/etc. "Securly" is so severely warped and broken that if you were to go to Google, searched for a blocked website, and open the website in a new tab, your other tabs will suddenly redirect to the Securly "blocked!" page as well. At least maintain a blocking system that fundamentally works well and supports more flexibility for both students AND teachers. A simple fix for this problem is to:
1. Block School WiFi on our home accounts and give us home accounts back
2. Enable so that when we get on our home WiFi securly stops blocking.
I don't recall signing any form that says we cant have home accounts. We feel that they are owning our Chromebooks that we purchased. I understand why they do this at school but under our parents supervision at home we feel that we should have access to our own accounts. I know many people who had photos, games, and files that were special to them on their home accounts that they no longer have access to. Securly has been invented for one reason and one reason only: tormenting children. It blocks every website known to man, and then some. I doubt anyone appreciates it; I have even heard teachers angered by its "Page Blocked!" when they try to access nothing more than an educational site. This program is completely useless for anything other than pranking your friends... I take that back. That's too cruel a punishment for anyone. If you think Securly is a good choice for keeping your school internet safe, think again. It does nothing but make internet browsing a huge hassle which becomes almost unbearable on a daily basis. I will admit that it does a good job of blocking websites - educational ones. Now, some websites that aren't school appropriate manage to slip through its cracks, but I've found only two educational, school-friendly sites that aren't limited by this pathetic waste of storage. Thank you for your time, and I hope you will sign this petition to solve this problem.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 14, 2024
November 22, 2021
The current volume of support has secured a meeting with the district IT director to discuss the specific functionality issues outlined in this petition. I am drafting a formal request detailing the negative impact of these restrictions on classroom research to present during that discussion.
Reached 100 supporters
November 18, 2019
1,110 Comments
I hate securly, it is so annoying when I am trying to do literally ANYTHING on my school computer. I recently tried to search for a petition to stop securely and guess what... IT WAS BLOCKED. I want securly gone FOREVER!
DOWN WITH SECURELY!!!!!! Once, I was trying to research for a class project and it blocked the whole search results page because of ONE blocked website that came up on the page, so I had to find another way to research it.
this app is such an unnecessary waste of time, i would understand if u only use it in school but they still have it at home. And securly wastes an unnecessary amount of my patients blocking videos that don't need to be blocked, i want this trash g o n e
Reasons why I hate securly 1. It blocks a bunch of websites for no reason 2. It blocks so many youtube videos 3. It tracks every move you make 4. It knows where you live 5. It still blocks stuff when we are not at school
Securely is overly sensitive about everything. It blocks even websites that I use for research ONLY. Genius Lyrics, one of my favorite websites to visit whenever I need to decipher a song meaning, is blocked because it’s “social networking”.
SECURLY BLOCKS STUFF AT MY HOUSE AND EVEN RANDOMLY DOWNLOADED ITSELF ON MY PERSONAL COMPUTER NOW BECAUSE I HAD TO LOG IN ONCE WITH MY SCHOOL ACCOUNT AND NOW IT IS ON THERE AND WONT LET ME DELETE IT PLEASE SIGN AND GET RID OF THIS STUPID WEBSITE BLOCKER
they block Google classroom so I cant do homework
for freedom
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I hate securly, it is so annoying when I am trying to do literally ANYTHING on my school computer. I recently tried to search for a petition to stop securely and guess what... IT WAS BLOCKED. I want securly gone FOREVER!