Just a week after it began the first phase of putting iPads in the hands of all 640, 000 students in the state, the Los Angeles school district already has a fight on its hands. In a matter of days, 300 children at Theodore Roosevelt High School managed to work around protective measures placed on the Apple tablets, giving them complete access to features — including Facebook, Twitter and other apps — that should otherwise have been blocked. Students bypassed the security lock on the device by deleting a personal profile preloaded in the settings — a simple trick that has the school district police chief recommending the board limit the rollout before it turns into a “runaway train scenario.” For now, officials have banned home use of the iPads while they assess ways to better restrict access — they would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for those meddling kids. [Original image credit: flickingerbrad, Flickr ] Filed under: Tablets , Apple Comments Via: Fox News Source: LA Times
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LA officials may delay school iPad rollout after students hack them in a week
