GoGuardian

This website is FOUL! My kid came home from school today crying. She said that she was being "stalked" her teacher told her that Go Guardian sells all your information, and USES YOUR CAMERA TO LOOK AT YOU, and now she doesn't even want to go to school again. This website single-handedly ruined her life. And I will sue!

"why do they want my location? What is this? I don't feel safe. My students don't deserve this! They are blocking everything! ####you!" (words said by many innocent ones) why? Just why? This needs to end. The hacking, stalking, blocking, adviat shinde (the one who carted this website) look around don't you realized how much you done to us? Kids are crying, teachers are mad. Some don't Evan care about us on much how gogardian treats us. we are trying to tell you the problems that are in that website but you just ignore it. It hurts to see our favorite YouTuber gets blocked or a favorite song or Evan a favorite show. Its apposed to keep us away from the harmful gun or violence ECT but insted its doing the opposite. Extra: now I found this website called lightspeed filter go check it out! In conclusion: I love tacos :)

This app is so stupid it literally blocks stuff that's not even inappropriate I understand yall are trying to keep us safe but having it on at home or even the weekends that's a little too far and The most creepy thing is that they can see your history and you can't even clear it they also block videos that are not bad and Appropriate websites too this app needs to be banned ASAP

Our school literally blocked everything. We could access pinterest, which i used a fair amount for art references, and then they blocked it along with youtube and everything else... i hate it, and it can rot in hell. (not to mention that you can LITERALLY SPY on students... how tf is this legal?)

I'm at home right now and my annoying $#*! teacher turns on goguardian and BLOCKED YOUTUBE FOR NO REASON NOW I CANT EVEN LISTEN TO MY music this app is just a dumb way to make sure students are not on task they take away the fun for no $#*!ing reason they even block websites that ARE NOT EVEN BAD LIKE ITS VERY ANNOYING LIKE IF WE ARE DOING something bad THEN GET YOUR LAZY ASSES UP AND TELL US NOT TO and it's very weird and creepy that they can see your camera. Without for your damn permission they won't even let you remove your search history which is just a invasion of students privacy and seriously why the hell would you want to have it on even on the weekends and at home it makes no sense like we can't even have fun anymore because it's this stupid app and taking away the fun whoever made this $#*!ty $#*! app i hope you get bankrupt also hope this stupid company gets hacked. I'm not done there they also block videos that are not even inappropriate let's see if you're watching music and it's blocked tHis VidEo iS BlOcKeD BeCuAse iT bRinGs calgArY muSic WHICH IS VERY DUMB they freaking blocked coolmath to like its not even fair this app sucks its very annoying that's stupid screws use this app

BAD. I hate it because it blocks RANDOM safe websites for NO ABSOLUTE REASON. Such as...
Neal.fun
Scratch profils
RANDOM Youtube websites... etc.

Advait Shinde the@#$%* created this stupid site that blocks youtube and other game sites.It invades privacy and teachers can use it to close tabs and they can disable browsing

GoGuardian makes it hard to keep passwords and private conversations to ourselves since teachers can see everything, and yes, EVERYTHING on our computers. It's like someone watching everything you do. Even though the point is to restrict people from doing certain things, there are other ways to work around that.

I was writing a report about go gaurdian and found out it watchs you at home and they watch you AT ALL TIMES. Today my friend was writing a different report and on my teachers screen it said he looked up something inerproperiate but he did nothing. Please we all have to work together to get go gaurdian banned.

Goguardian is an awful extension. It blocks anything you go on. And even if it doesn't break school rules. IT STILL BLOCKS ITTT. THIS EXTENSION DESERVES TO BE REMOVE FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH HOW BAD IT ISSSSSSSS.

All my students hate it and when I watch them I am a creepy stalker? My school district needs to get rid of it ASAP!

Although GoGuardian is a very useful tool for teachers, it can be quite troublesome depending on the user. For example, if a student is caught browsing on their computer when they are not allowed, the teacher is able to shut down the computer and disable all browsing via GoGuardian. However, this has to be disabled manually, or else the student will not be able to use their computer for practically the entire day. Teachers will often forget to do this and the student will be locked out of their computer for the rest of the school day. Another negative factor of GoGuardian is that the teachers can see what the students are doing at home, away from the classroom. I'm not an expert or anything, but wouldn't that be considered spyware? Not to mention that the teachers are able to digitally message, call, and type on the student's screen without any consent or warning when GoGuardian is being used. This means that a teacher could randomly begin a video call with a student at home, which is likely a violation of privacy. When a district controls GoGuardian, that makes it even more difficult. They will often block certain keywords, which can be annoying if you're just searching up the definition of a word, or doing research on a certain topic. Blocked keywords often include "unblocked" and "fortnite OR fortnight". If I searched up "unblocked definition" that would automatically be restricted due to keyword filtering (shown in image, school district hidden for privacy reasons). GoGuardian can absolutely be a useful tool, if it was just a little bit more advanced and user-friendly so that school teachers and districts could navigate it, making things easier for everyone.

This review was written by a student, but I tried to keep it as unbiased as possible :)

For those who don't know what goguardian is,its a dumb app that blocks " bad " videos or websites.
Today ALL i wanted to do was play zelda online but no i could"nt use the website even though zelda is a video game that was MADE for kids,like who made cause who ever did must hate everything. It blocks youtube,zelda,games,editing stuff and e.c.t.

Goguardian is literally spyware for kids. Imagne having a bit of free time to be able to play games or watch youtube and then your annoying teacher just closes It even though you got the days assignment done. It even happens at home. When trying to use other websites to help me such as looking for a PDF for English (best class btw) it would block me on the spot. Can this stupid extention be illegal already? Why are people below the age of 18 treated like stray dogs with no rights?

I HATE GoGuardian. I had LanSchool Air for half a decade (I don't consider it spyware, it's actually good and legal), and now I have GoGuardian. Overview:
Control - Closing tabs, ending browsing (3.25 / 5)
Tracking/spying - Location!, entire screen (7 / 10)
Most Absurd Blocking - YouTube videos to research websites (4 / 5)
BONUS - Selling information, works at home (2 / 5)
65% illegal aka ILLEGAL

STUPID $#*! SOFTWARE. THIS CAN BURN IN HELL. EVEN EDUCATION WEBSITES ARE BLOCKED. BUT YOU KNOW THE WORST PART? IT LITERRALLY STALCKS YOU. LETS JUST SAY THAT SCHOOL ENDED, YOU GET HOME, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOUR TECHER CAN SEE YOU AND YOU CANT SEE HER. THIS IS A AD SOFT WARE. Advait Shinde, Aza Steel, R. Todd Mackey,!@#$ you.

GOGARDIAN SUCKS! It blocks every single thing ever! I tried to go on Nitro Type, WHICH IS ONLY USED FOR TYPING, and it was blocked. It is also a spyware. Teachers can get your address from this. This is illegal. 1 star. Teachers just want your personal stuff. DO BETTER.

Do NOT install this on your Chromebook/Mack/PC. It is nearly impossible to get rid of, you can't alter what it sells to advertisers, (which is everything from your browsing history, to your ACTUAL FACE.) and it uses your webcam without your permission. For some reason, none of this is illegal. It's horrifically invasive, blocking everything from YouTube, to school operated or used websites such as Google Classroom or Teams. The user-interface for unblocking websites is incredibly clunky and needlessly complicated. Even if you unblock a certain website, GoGuardian seemingly re-blocks them at will. Do not support this business.

It invades your privacy.It can tell you everything about you.Even worse,people who work at Goguardian can see this.This ends why you should not use Goguardian

My child complained about this site that teachers use to monitor their students screen. I thought they were just monitoring the screen till I looked deeper and read that they can see the students through their screen. What if a child is home-schooled and on their computer while getting dressed?! A teacher can watch them get dressed. I don't think this site should be legal, 1 star. Do good.

Blocks everything for me I can't go on a single website without getting blocked it would be good if stuff was blocked only during school hours but no my school computer is basically useless outside of school things please make blocking stuff only during school

It's so good it needs a 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999.999 rating. Because teachers can use it to look at what their students are doing so they will never get on something they aren't supposed to do again.

It's so fun! I get to sit my fat-$#*! on a chair for 6 hours a day, and ALWAYS watch what my students are doing! I can unnecessarily block ANYTHING I want just because I feel like it!

Even when the kids are at home, with their doors closed and vulnerable, I can open up Go Guardian, and try to video chat them! The looks on their faces when they've been caught doing something at home that they thought they were safe doing is PRICELESS! Once, at 6:30pm, I got bored and decided to snoop on the kids on the site. (Yea, I know I probably shouldn't do that after school hours, but who's stopping me?) I caught some boy in my 2nd period class looking up some 'interesting' things on his device! I screenshot what he was doing immediately! The next day I outed him out in front of the whole class, and he left the room in tears! I felt good about it, because I just helped my school block yet ANOTHER prn website!

You know what else? I can see their location AT ALL TIMES! This amazing feature has allowed me to stalk students home whenever I want to! I can even stalk wherever they go, as long as they have their school-issued device with them. This is a very good program! I would recommend this to many teachers!