Students immediately deleted security filters so they could freely browse the Internet.
Early on, students at three high schools deleted security filters so they could browse the Web freely.
In one, students at three campuses deleted security filters so they could browse the Internet — prompting officials to prohibit the iPads' use outside of school.
"Students at three campuses, for example, deleted security filters so they could browse the Internet — prompting officials to prohibit the use of the devices outside school.
But some serious problems have emerged, including incidents in which more than 300 high school students deleted security filters and browsed unauthorized websites.
Last year, students took iPads off campus, and administrators hastily reversed course after high schoolers deleted security filters to freely surf the Internet.
Administrators briefly allowed students to take iPads home last year, but reversed that policy after students deleted security filters so they could freely browse the Internet.
Initially, all schools were supposed to send the iPads home, but that ended after students quickly figured out how to delete security filters intended to limit Internet browsing.
A Burger King district manager tells NBC Chicago that he believes police deleted security footage from the restaurant that captured the incident.
But the iPad rollout quickly foundered, amid claims of inadequate training and security breaches by high school students who deleted security filters so they could freely browse the Internet.
