User:John Cummings/Articles/Proctorio
https://medium.com/@jasonmjohnson1/online-education-defeats-the-average-cheater-77503972bde
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21526792/proctorio-online-test-proctoring-lawsuit-universities-students-coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/01/ceo-of-exam-monitoring-software-proctorio-apologises-for-posting-students-chat-logs-on-reddit
https://www.ubyssey.ca/news/proctorio-chat-logs/
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/students-are-pushing-back-against-proctoring-surveillance-apps
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/01/online-proctoring-college-exams-coronavirus/ https://www.voxweb.nl/english/computers-scientists-hack-into-proctoring-software-and-reveal-security-leak
https://the-peak.ca/2020/07/proctorio-faces-backlash-after-ceo-breaches-privacy-of-ubc-student/
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/4/21241062/schools-cheating-proctorio-artificial-intelligence
https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21232777/examity-remote-test-proctoring-online-class-education
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”
Privacy
[edit]Data storage
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]credit card information autofilling
Circumvention
[edit]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
[edit]discriminates against neurodivergent students
black and brown people
people with lower specification machines are unable to use the software, required
Student response
[edit]Growth
[edit]gained popularity during the COVID pandemic
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