Chromebook

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Chromebook is a minimal laptop by Google that runs web applications, is often used at IndieWebCamps both as a demo machine & remote particiption, and apparently automatically downloads photos from a USB attached phone, potentially auto-uploading them without the user's consent.

See Also

• https://twitter.com/BenjaminBHerold/status/1135602167509934080
  • "How does K-12 digital surveillance work?
    
    School gives kid Chromebook
    Kid uses it to charge personal phone
    Device automatically downloads all kid's photos
    @Gaggle_K12 automatically scans everything & generates alerts
    
    Actual examples from @evergreenps:
    
    https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/05/30/schools-are-deploying-massive-digital-surveillance-systems.html" @BenjaminBHerold June 3, 2019