Children, adults, and teachers nationally (And soon it most likely will become a global problem) , are all impacted by this incredibly horrible company. It gives 5th and 6th graders a limit of going to the bathroom twice a day, and for over that age, it can be 4 times a week or even less! This company is obsessed with lowering and lowering the happiness of children in our schools. There is another petition, several actually, but this is another, just to show how many people despise this pathetic excuse of a censoring company. And many people agree. 94% or higher of people who left a review on Securly left a 1-star review. The ones that weren't 1-star were just so you could see bad reviews whether you wanted to see good ones or not. Here are just a few quotes from the reviews, "Everything about this sucks. The company has said on multiple occasions that the goal is to protect students from inappropriate and malicious content, but how are games, FUN games, EDUCATIONAL games malicious or inappropriate? It is malware and spyware, constantly monitoring what you search and do. It even monitors your activity in your own home. I have also heard of it selling your information, but I cannot be sure. Also, this is a violation of several child and data protection acts, and it is malware, because no matter what, YOU CANNOT UNINSTALL IT. Securly blocked my settings (again, not malicious or inappropriate) , specifically so we can't uninstall it. It causes my internet to be slower than a sloth half-sedated. It is illegal in California, and that is for a reason. Additionally, 94% of all reviews left on Securly were one star. And that is for a reason. Only three of all reviews on Securly were 5-star, and 2 of those were bad reviews with 5 stars on top just so you could 'see it.' I do not know what that means but only one out of the 3 5-star reviews was actually good. And that is for a reason. That reason being it is malware and spyware, blocking everything but the stuff that is required. I mean, it makes school more enjoyable and fun to be in. Take that aspect of education away and you get 7 hours of boredom. I, Min D. Urbisness, 6th grade, despise this company and advise you to do the same.
1 star, would not recommend." Additionally, more reviews like this one are circulating. Like this: "School is boring enough, I believe that adults created school to keep their children from being in mortal danger while their parents are at work. WE NEED OUR GAMES. I understand that you guys are trying to protect us but games are our only source of entertainment. Also, if a child doesn't have a phone, it's their last hope. PLEASE UNBLOCK OUR GAMES!!! And you wont let us send a review with our Google account WTF." These are all showing that people hate this company. Securly was sued for 5 million dollars for selling a child's information. Children everywhere have nothing to do in school besides work. Especially for kids who have no recess, which is an entirely separate issue. Kids have a complete right to play games if they finish the mountain of work they have. But it is the job of the teacher to make sure children are not playing games while they should be working. Don't install something that lags whatever it's installed on and steals your information. I get blocking gambling sites or some such thing, but why block harmless games? It just doesn't make sense. I would stop trying to get this company banned if they would stop trying to block harmless games. We need to stop this before they block everything but school things.