Most politicians espouse the virtues of technological education during this age of such rapid technological advancement, but they may need to be careful what they wish for: hundreds of kids in the Los Angeles Unified School District hacked district-issued iPads within one week of receiving them. The iPads were originally configured to disable counter-productive websites such as Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter, but such security measures have been breached by the technologically competent students. As a computer science student, I feel that the ultimate irony is that school officials are discouraging this “unwanted behavior.” The high school students have demonstrated an ability to find security loopholes in software, and such skills are very valuable in software development. Just search “security” on dice.com and over 16,000 search results will appear on the page. Besides, saying “detected security hole on iPad software” looks a lot more impressive on a resume than simply saying “used an iPad.”
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