⚡ Lightning Chat: Proxies, VPNs, and the Hidden Risks on School Devices

We’re launching something new: Lightning Chats — quick, candid convos with experts on the front lines of edtech. Think of it as a podcast without the long intros, awkward banter, or focus on subscribers.

For our first episode, Matthew Burg (Principal Product Manager, Lightspeed Filter) sits down with Rob Chambers (EVP of Product) to unpack a challenge schools (and Lightspeed) know all too well: students constantly looking for ways to bypass web filters.

Here’s a taste of what they cover:

  • The risks of proxies, VPNs, and other anonymizers and bypass tools—from security to safety to compliance
  • What’s new (and what’s the same as ever) when it comes to students attempting to bypass protections
  • What schools should be doing to protect against these bypass attempts
  • How Lightspeed takes a layered approach to filter bypass protections—including a discussion of how Signal, our latest product, adds another layer of protection at the source

🎧 Watch the full Lightning Chat

Fast, focused, and informational — just how we like it.

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