AI product readEnterprise browser telemetry and digital equity data collection agent for K-12 schools
School districts need visibility into which educational technologies and websites students use, how much time they spend on them, and the quality of internet connectivity — to make data-driven decisions about technology investments and ensure digital equity across the student population
The extension is deployed to student/staff Chromebooks via enterprise policy. It runs as a background service worker that tracks active tab URLs, monitors user interactions through a content script injected on all pages, and periodically sends telemetry payloads to Lightspeed Systems' CatchOn API (agent.catchon.com). On Windows/Mac, it connects to a native CatchOn agent via localhost WebSocket to synchronize device and user identifiers. An EntitlementKey provisioned through managed storage authenticates the device. Configuration (collection intervals, PII settings, speed test parameters) is fetched from the CatchOn agent config API. The extension has no user-facing functionality — the popup is informational only. Data is consumed by school administrators through the Lightspeed Digital Insight web dashboard.
URL activity tracking with time intervals per website visitedUser interaction monitoring (clicks, keystrokes, scrolls, video playback detection)Internet speed testing via client-side WASM moduleGeolocation collectionDevice inventory (CPU, memory, storage, OS, serial number)PII collection (email, username, domain) when configured by admin
- Target users
- School district IT administrators (deployment and configuration) / Educational technology directors and administrators (data consumers) / K-12 students and staff (passive data subjects - extension runs in background)
- Cannot verify whether the CatchOn web platform (my.catchon.com) has its own login or paid tiers without inspecting that service
- Cannot confirm if the extension stops functioning entirely when the EntitlementKey is invalid or missing
- The client.wasm binary could not be analyzed for additional functionality
MonetizationNo paid features detected
The extension itself contains no payment UI, subscription logic, billing APIs, premium/upgrade gates, or Stripe/payment integration. The 'pro' keyword hits are false positives from variable names like 'process', 'profile', 'Promise', 'speedTestInProgress', and 'Processor'. However, Lightspeed Digital Insight is a commercial B2B product sold to school districts. The EntitlementKey (managed via chrome.storage.managed) is a license key provisioned by the school's IT admin. This is an organizational subscription to the Lightspeed Systems platform, not individual user paid features. The extension is a data collection agent with no user-facing monetization.
- Confidence
- 80
- Payment platform
- --
- Source
- AI / High
- Login required
- Yes
- Reason
- The extension requires the Chrome browser profile to be signed into a Google account. getProfileData() in js/identity.js (line 14) calls chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo and rejects with a CriticalError if no email is found (line 16-18: 'Profile email could not be identified. No signed-in profile detected.'). The hashed email is used as the UserId for telemetry. Additionally, the extension requires an EntitlementKey provisioned via Chrome enterprise managed storage (schema.json), meaning it must be deployed by an IT administrator. No individual login UI exists in the extension itself.
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bad
this is the embodiment of a RAT (remote access Trojan) which is illegal.
GET THIS WEBSITE TAKEN DOWN. CONTACT THE BOARD OF EDUACATION. GET RID OF IT! DOWN WITH LIGHTSPEED! It steals information, and blocks the wrong apps. Do not use.
This malware injects scripts to shutdown your computer by deleting tabs and others, they also use the trust that schools provide them and sell students information. Delete this mess.
After using a laptop with this extension installed, I was alerted to my personal information being sent to 39 data brokers, 34 of them located in the PRC, 3 in Russia, and the last two being in Saudi Arabia and Iran. I still am trying to get my information deleted (only 2 have complied). All I had done was sign into Google. PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL.
This has got to be the worst shi installed on a computer in human history. IT TAKES YOUR ADDRESS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME, CHILDHOOD PET NAME, MY DADS WIFI PASSWORD, AND MY SEARCH HISTORY! DELETE THIS CCP SPYWARE.
This extension has most of my data and I'm not okay with it. It's basically spyware, and I don't feel comfortable doing anything important on my school laptop. The school wifi isn't secure, and I don't want my data to be leaked. The site can track and share students private information, and honestly, I don't always feel safe with the people at school. CHPS, please remove this for your student's safety.
this shiii is spyware like it TAKES YOUR ADDRESS WITHOUT PERMS plz for the love of God remove this spyware I BEG OF YOU!!!!!!!!!
remove this