This is a real issue for me. My school IT did something so now when we go to create apps, it blocks the site, saying it’s not secure and cannot be reached.
We asked them to whitelist it but they said that they won’t because their security software is flagging it as malware -_-
As posted above, it may be a misnomer that it is slightly less secure, but school IT doesn’t care. They’re too scared to lose their jobs to do any research or look at the suggestions from the school IT instructions.
I’m just trying to get my students excited about coding and app making, but it is impossible to do with MIT lagging behind the rest of the internet.
The problem is the Web app is http and not https. @ewpatton has previously indicated MIT is working on getting it to https; but do not have a solution yet.
You could use a third party stand alone clone of AI which would have to be installed on each PC however a guess is your IT would be even more reluctant to that than to whitelist.
Hi @TechConk,
a workaround could be: disconnect the PC's of your classroom from the school network (WiFi or cable) use your students' smartphones as hot-spots, then use Brave browser. If the black list filter is not on any single PC, but on the domain controller, it would be not pleasant for your IT security officers, but it will work.
Probably if they (the IT guys) will see that (trick), they will help you to find a "cooperative" solution.