User:John Cummings/Articles/Proctorio

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https://the-peak.ca/2020/07/proctorio-faces-backlash-after-ceo-breaches-privacy-of-ubc-student/

https://the-peak.ca/2020/06/students-raise-concerns-over-use-of-proctoring-software-during-remote-exams/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7wxvd/students-are-rebelling-against-eye-tracking-exam-surveillance-tools?utm_source=reddit.com

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https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21232777/examity-remote-test-proctoring-online-class-education

https://www.zdnet.com/article/students-university-clash-over-plans-to-install-remote-exam-monitoring-software-on-home-pcs/

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/proctoru-data-breach

used in remote exams. The software can be circumvented using a virtual machine. Several petitions have ??

unethical

lawsuits against critics

The software was described by Chris Dayley, director of academic testing services at Utah State University as “spyware that we just legitimize.”

27,000 signatures

“creepy and unacceptable”

to monitor and record students' video, key strokes and other data during exams

telling them to increase the amount of light

force students to use the software

What happens to the data

leaks

algorithm

monitors webcams, microphones, desktops and “any other means necessary to uphold integrity”

Data storage
The company have stated that the footage, keystrokes and other data recorded of students can never be accessed by Proctorio staff, not true, CEO shared chat logs

company says it id does not hold data however ?? found that it keeps recordings in the cloud for up to 30 days

Sharing of private information by CEO
The company have stated that the footage, keystrokes and other data recorded of students can never be accessed by Proctorio staff. The CEO of Prcotorio breached the privacy of a University of British Columbia by published private chats of students publicly on Reddit.

Remote access to compuer

requires remote access

Leaking sensitive information
credit card information autofilling

Circumvention
Proctorio software can be circumvented by using a virtual machine, participants in a study of students by ?? described citrcumventing the software as ‘really easy to do’.

Penalising
discriminates against neurodivergent students

black and brown people

people with lower specification machines are unable to use the software, required

Growth
gained popularity during the COVID pandemic

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