blocks people for the stupidest reasons even our old blocker wasn't this strict! It blocked my friend for searching for a Minecraft burger yet it lets him see pictures of a Minecraft creeper. Which do... See more
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Since 2001, Smoothwall has provided world-class internet security and content filtering solutions to protect and empower millions of users worldwide. By allowing filtering, monitoring and reporting on actual web content and activity, Smoothwall enables school administrators to protect their students online.
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Savannah Way 1, LS10 1AB, Leeds, United States
- 1 800 959 3760
- enquiries@smoothwall.com
- smoothwall.com
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Begone!
Improve? Completely discontinue the company and end the suffering of thousands of students in schools in the UK.
i cant even type up elephant on my…
i cant even type up elephant on my chrome book because it blocks it
Smoothwall legit is garbage
Blocks literally everything ONLY FOR ME. My friends can still access stuff and I either have to use dodgy software or just give up. I can access some websites fine, but similar websites are a problem? I can barely access anything. My friends can play games that I wanna play and I can't making me feel GENIUNELY HORRIBLE. I hate this stupid thing so much.
This ho got me pizzas off! I crash out
This ho got me pizzas off!! I will crash out on the dumb ahh website that blocks everyting in universe!!!!!!!!!!! Can even search up jokes bc it gets blocked for ‘humor’ . This beach believes that it on some dystopian shi. Ban this it is soooo bad
Smoothwall has gone too far...
How on earth do you ban Youtube? I get games,explicit contetnt and no https.but youtube is too far.
Also i would like to call out my admistrater out directly because it seems i am the only one that got hit with the ban so thanks.
hugs and kisses
Piss off.
As soon as I downloaded this my phone…
As soon as I downloaded this my phone blew up and it blocked my erkmate so I got really mad so I had to watch peppa pig instead to pleasure myself to.
Smoothwall Song
I’ve written a song talking about just how bad Smoothwall is, it is to the music of Happy Birthday. Here it is:
Smoothwall is dog poo poo,
It should be down the loo,
It is simply feces,
And it should be stopped too!
Smoothwall stops your data,
It says “use it later”,
It should be crushed in a crater,
Yeah I am a hater!
Smoothwall is just so dumb,
Stops you texting your mum,
It is useless and no fun,
Even in the long run!
Smoothwall is just dog sheet,
It’s mechanics aren’t neat,
It blocks looking up “heat”,
And instead shows you a seat!
We need to stop this now,
Smoothwall is such a cow,
It’ll block you looking up “meow”,
So we should stop it now!
Im finna crashout
on skibidi probably one of the worst programs to ever UNgrace the earth. This has given me many restless nights wondering whether what i love is going to get blocked. Honkai star rail is my only escape from this wretched world and it got BLOCKED. U HEAR ME. IT GOT FRICKITY FRACKITY BLOCKED.
Really inconvenient and so unsigma
Really inconvenient and so unsigma very slow and had to use
I wrote a rap to show you how bad this…
I wrote a rap to show you how bad this…
I wrote a rap to show you how bad this software is.
Smooth Wall, the blocker of all, ain't playin' fair,
Lockin' down the net, it's like we're in a snare.
Educational sites? Nah, they ain't spared,
Smooth Wall's grip tight, like we're all ensnared.
Forced into a room, made smooth, what a plight,
Ain't nobody likin' this forced smooth flight.
Education on lockdown, knowledge in chains,
Smooth Wall's grip tighter than iron reins.
(Chorus)
Smooth Wall shitter, blockin' all in sight,
Even education, it ain't right.
Forced into smoothness, a digital plight,
Smooth Wall shitter, keepin' us in the night.
Kids tryna learn, but Smooth Wall's the gate,
Blockin' every site, like it's fueled by hate.
No research allowed, no learnin' today,
Smooth Wall's the warden, in this digital fray.
One person said it made 'em smooth, like a crime,
Forced into submission, wasting precious time.
No room for growth, in this smooth regime,
Smooth Wall's grip tighter than a bad dream.
(Chorus)
Smooth Wall shitter, blockin' all in sight,
Even education, it ain't right.
Forced into smoothness, a digital plight,
Smooth Wall shitter, keepin' us in the night.
But we won't stand for it, won't bow to its rule,
Gonna break free from this digital fool.
Educational freedom, we demand,
Smooth Wall's reign of smoothness, gotta be banned.
(Chorus)
Smooth Wall shitter, blockin' all in sight,
Even education, it ain't right.
Forced into smoothness, a digital plight,
Smooth Wall shitter, keepin' us in the night.
So here's to freedom, from Smooth Wall's hold,
No more forced smoothness, no more stories told.
Educational sites, we reclaim our right,
Smooth Wall shitter, we're breakin' into the light
Not sigma
Smoothwall is very not skibidi and doesnt allow me to goon.
IT IS WORSE THAN ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE
I cant even open GOOGLE CLASSROOM without me getting smooth walled. SmoothWall has cooked me and everyone in my school! Like seriously, google classroom is way too far. It is just so annoying and this might be the 1 reason everybody hates school devices.
can't do my work
This thing (little midget) Didn't allow me to find out the meaning of ammunition. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying.
No inbetweeners is a crime against the country
Honestly this program has ruined my life bc I can’t watch the inbetweeners on channel 4 bc my stupid teachers are all fat lonely poor failures in life and take it out on teenagers because there actually sad especially mrs p bc i got a detention for saying what the sigma 😭?? Anyways rubbish program and started my depression and I can’t even use sites like Reddit would not recommend as I can’t even search up abt ww2 bc it’s “violent” and I hate my school bc the chicken is bad and they put bbq sauce in the pasta and sell it for £2.50 🫃🫃🫃 whoever created this must be really sad I imagine them still living with there parents at 40 being morbidly obese and gooning to anime babes whilst they stink of BO in a dingy cűm filled chair probably thinking what went wrong in there life and why nobody likes them and will ever love them cos imagine being on a date and this mf goes “ERM acTUALLY im the inventor of SMOTHWALL 🤓🤓☝️☝️☝️” like I think I would immediately pull out a g u n and shoot myself, mr smooth wall I hope you die alone for not letting me watch the inbetweeners you skibidi twåt 🍆💦💦💦💦🕳️🕳️
Safeguarding and Privacy Issues
Though smoothwall works fine there is not enough safeguarding put in place. A student at my school could access what other students were searching on the school wifi...
ALL of it.
Which is of course a huge infringement of privacy. Obviously students should not be searching up anything inappropriate and Smoothwall works to prevent this, at the same time students should not be able to access the search history of their fellow peers.
It also is a little to close to spyware, as once you download it to the laptop for school wifi (and school wifi only) it can make changes to your device (including phones)
For these reasons I have to give it 2 stars, and these issues must be fixed.
BAD tech
I personally always loved the idea of stopping children from accessing the internet. There is something truly beautiful about it especially when you grant them the luxury of using technology in school. I remember when I was a child and the new technology we had access to was the Nokia brick telephone. I think that kids these days have it way too easy and I think it time we showed them some discipline. DOWN WITH CHILDREN.
Not skibidi or sigma
When I was fanum taxing in my lesson, I had a gyatt idea to look up Kai cenats skibidi mango mango mango toilet sigma riz lunchly thick of it feastables KSI Ohio sigma taxing mewing ligma, the absolute bumboclat screen popped up saying it was inappropriate, so I yelled in front of my class erm what the sigma 🤓! I was then fanum taxed out the school.
its not smoothwall its trashwall
How is Anime panda inappropriate id rather be dumb like and how is slay bad like get a grip like ar u dumb???worst app its called T R A S H yup i said T R A S H which spells trash also when my science teacher wanted us to watch how whisky is made for a science experiment cause she wanted us to do the same method of something but then the video got blocked so yea and like i understand if its just whiseky buts thats how!!!!! also not just that i searched up slay and guess what its blocked hate it
Really...
Really...
Can someone please tell me how the letter E is innapropriate i don't need emails beings sent to teachers from smoothwall because i searched something like tree WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
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