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Should students get administrator privileges on their laptops?
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<blockquote data-quote="CoherentCrayon" data-source="post: 797736" data-attributes="member: 63501"><p>Should students get administrator privileges on their borrowed laptops (that they have borrowed from the school for the duration of their time at that school)? With students, I mean people studying in high school or higher.</p><p>Many students think that they should be given admin privileges, while the IT department doesn't always agree.</p><p></p><p>Pros:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Students don't need to bring their laptops to the IT department to fix simple things requiring admin privileges, which is good both for the student and the support department</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Students can download software and change settings should they need to - which is especially important if it's needed for school work/to fix a problem affecting school work, and the IT department is closed</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No one but the student uses his/her computer - so if it gets infected, it will probably only affect him/her (unless it spreads across the network)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The IT department doesn't need to spend time detecting people who use privilege escalation exploits to become admin (which is fairly common among students, at least where I live)</li> </ul><p>Cons:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Increased malware risk</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The risk of malware spreading across the school network probably increases</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Problems on the computers can be harder to fix by the IT department as the user can screw up the computer worse with admin</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Technically skilled people can circumvent Group Policies as long as they have access to the whole registry</li> </ul><p>Counterarguments to the pros:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The IT department can deploy needed applications</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Becoming admin through privilege escalation is complicated (and prohibited), which causes most people to avoid it</li> </ul><p></p><p>Counterarguments to the cons:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unsigned apps can be blocked from being elevated to greatly reduce the security risk</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The "Run anyway" button in Windows SmartScreen can be disabled to prevent users from running unknown applications downloaded from the Internet</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If the support department can't fix a problem within a reasonable time, the computer can be re-imaged, which shouldn't take a very long time. As documents are saved in the cloud (at least in my school), nothing important should be lost</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">GPO's can be circumvented even when the IT department hasn't given users admin privileges, although it requires more steps</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not all malware needs administrator privileges to run</li> </ul><p>So, what are your opinions about this? I, personally, think that students should be given administrator privileges on their computers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoherentCrayon, post: 797736, member: 63501"] Should students get administrator privileges on their borrowed laptops (that they have borrowed from the school for the duration of their time at that school)? With students, I mean people studying in high school or higher. Many students think that they should be given admin privileges, while the IT department doesn't always agree. Pros: [LIST] [*]Students don't need to bring their laptops to the IT department to fix simple things requiring admin privileges, which is good both for the student and the support department [*]Students can download software and change settings should they need to - which is especially important if it's needed for school work/to fix a problem affecting school work, and the IT department is closed [*]No one but the student uses his/her computer - so if it gets infected, it will probably only affect him/her (unless it spreads across the network) [*]The IT department doesn't need to spend time detecting people who use privilege escalation exploits to become admin (which is fairly common among students, at least where I live) [/LIST] Cons: [LIST] [*]Increased malware risk [*]The risk of malware spreading across the school network probably increases [*]Problems on the computers can be harder to fix by the IT department as the user can screw up the computer worse with admin [*]Technically skilled people can circumvent Group Policies as long as they have access to the whole registry [/LIST] Counterarguments to the pros: [LIST] [*]The IT department can deploy needed applications [*]Becoming admin through privilege escalation is complicated (and prohibited), which causes most people to avoid it [/LIST] Counterarguments to the cons: [LIST] [*]Unsigned apps can be blocked from being elevated to greatly reduce the security risk [*]The "Run anyway" button in Windows SmartScreen can be disabled to prevent users from running unknown applications downloaded from the Internet [*]If the support department can't fix a problem within a reasonable time, the computer can be re-imaged, which shouldn't take a very long time. As documents are saved in the cloud (at least in my school), nothing important should be lost [*]GPO's can be circumvented even when the IT department hasn't given users admin privileges, although it requires more steps [*]Not all malware needs administrator privileges to run [/LIST] So, what are your opinions about this? I, personally, think that students should be given administrator privileges on their computers. [/QUOTE]
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