YikYak - Augie Wifi

Question

Student can't use the app, YikYak, whiles on the school's wifi. Any thoughts on how the school preventing us?

Answer 1

I believe the school is using some form of IP blocking, and because YikYak is a relatively simple and small app, the school did not have to worry about other web services related to YikYak. So I believe all they did was add YikYak's IP address to the list of blocked websites.

Answer 2

Augustana ITS simply blocked requests coming from YikYak's IP address so that any device connected to Augie wifi cannot access the app.

Answer 3

The school is probably using some kind of web monitoring program and blocking any requests that links it to YikYak.

Answer 4

It's ITS blocking us from the tea.

Answer 5

ITS monitors the wifi to see if any connections are made to YikYak. If any connection is made from Augie wifi to YikYak, it is blocked automatically.