EFF sues Proctorio on behalf of student falsely DMCA'd
In case you don&#x27;t know who Proctorio is:<p>(like me)<p>Apparently it&#x27;s a supervision software that students are forced to install on their private computer and (as expected) it&#x27;ll do its worst to invade your privacy and flag &quot;suspicious&quot; things, based on which the university might punish you.<p>&quot;Suspicious&quot; here means wearing glasses [3] or looking around in the room or blinking too much [4] or having eye and&#x2F;or skin colors [1] that are difficult for AI to track or reading questions out aloud [2]. Because everyone knows that a good student is white, sits in a bright room, and will continuously stare at his&#x2F;her PC screen while thinking about a difficult math problem, I guess. WTF?<p>I am so glad that this kind of abuse was not yet common when I was in university. I love sitting in the (dark) basement, it helps me concentrate. And I tend to close my eyes a lot because it helps me visualize the problem. I&#x27;m sure this kind of misguided software would have failed me.<p>And the worst part is: Bugs in this software will fail students in the real world. [4]<p>So it is crucially important that this type of software receives a lot of scrutiny to make sure it works as planned. But it seems that Proctorio is suing this guy for doing exactly that: Documenting how the software is supposed to work by linking to Proctorio&#x27;s YouTube videos.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;uhreeb&#x2F;status&#x2F;1303139738065481728" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;uhreeb&#x2F;status&#x2F;1303139738065481728</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.insider.com&#x2F;viral-tiktok-student-fails-exam-after-ai-software-flags-cheating-2020-10" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.insider.com&#x2F;viral-tiktok-student-fails-exam-afte...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;proctorio.com&#x2F;frequently-asked-questions" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;proctorio.com&#x2F;frequently-asked-questions</a><p>[4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;UBC&#x2F;comments&#x2F;g2ub05&#x2F;god_kicked_out_half_way_through_my_exam&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;UBC&#x2F;comments&#x2F;g2ub05&#x2F;god_kicked_out_...</a>