“Don’t spy on a privacy lab,” and other career advice for university provosts
"This is a wild and hopeful story: grad students at Northeastern successfully pushed back against invasive digital surveillance in their workplace, through solidarity, fearlessness, and the bright light of publicity."
ProcterrorU
Retweeting evidence of remote proctoring abuse and harm. Listen to students.
‘I’m afraid’: critics of anti-cheating technology for students hit by lawsuits
The Guardian covers Proctorio's actions against Ian Linkletter and others with particular emphasis on the chilling effect this persecution has on discourse.
Procteario
Academic surveillance software makes me cry – retweeting evidence of emotional harm. Every day, more harm. Listen to students.
Remote Scan of Student’s Room Before Test Violated His Privacy, Judge Rules
"A federal judge said Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when it used software to scan a student’s bedroom, a practice that has grown during the Covid-19 pandemic."
Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Rulemaking
The FTC is hosting a public forum on commercial surveillance and data security to virtually on Thursday, September 8, 2022, from 2 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Members of the public are invited to attend. Learn more on the Commercial Surveillance and Data Security ANPR Pub
Children’s Rights Violations by Governments that Endorsed Online Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This report is a global investigation of the education technology (EdTech) endorsed by 49 governments for children’s education during the pandemic. Based on technical and policy analysis of 164 EdTech products, Human Rights Watch finds that governments’ endorsements of the majori
Is Grammarly a Keylogger? What Can You Do About It?
But why would a grammar app need accessibility permissions? It turns out that accessibility permissions are like the Holy Grail of permission entitlements. Accessibility permissions allow approved apps to fully control the entire computer as if they were sitting next to you, watc
‘Bossware is coming for almost every worker’: the software you might not realize is watching you
Though this piece is focused on the workplace rather than education, it illustrates how the same impulses, and in many cases the same tech, are being used to monitor and assess "productivity" in another context.
Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands
“Short-range phone sensors and campuswide WiFi networks are empowering colleges across the United States to track hundreds of thousands of students more precisely than ever before.”
Surveillance Publishing
Jefferson Pooley on Surveillance Publishing, its history in modern societies during the last couple of decades, and the potential costs of these practices for both service providers and their users.
When Virtual Proctoring Goes Wrong
An interactive virtual proctoring simulator (that doesn't collect your data) that helps you understand how virtual proctoring misidentifies common behaviors as cheating. The site includes student experiences, petitions, and deeper research on the topic.
‘There Are So Many Issues’: Why Schools Are Struggling to Protect Student Data
'“The district can outsource the work, but it can’t outsource the responsibility,” said Siegl, who is a former technology strategist for the Fairfax County, Va., public schools, the largest district in the state.
Intel calls its AI that detects student emotions a teaching tool. Others call it ‘morally reprehensible.’
Intel and Classroom Technologies have partnered to integrate an AI-based technology with Zoom that claims it can use AI to detect student emotions. Issue abound.
A Long Overdue Reckoning For Online Proctoring Companies May Finally Be Here
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) outlines issues associated with online proctoring platforms and companies, focusing primarily on their use of Artificial Intelligence to identify "cheating behaviors."
