EFF sues Proctorio on behalf of student falsely DMCA'd
In case you don't know who Proctorio is:<p>(like me)<p>Apparently it's a supervision software that students are forced to install on their private computer and (as expected) it'll do its worst to invade your privacy and flag "suspicious" things, based on which the university might punish you.<p>"Suspicious" here means wearing glasses [3] or looking around in the room or blinking too much [4] or having eye and/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/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'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's YouTube videos.<p>[1] <a href="https://twitter.com/uhreeb/status/1303139738065481728" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/uhreeb/status/1303139738065481728</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.insider.com/viral-tiktok-student-fails-exam-after-ai-software-flags-cheating-2020-10" rel="nofollow">https://www.insider.com/viral-tiktok-student-fails-exam-afte...</a><p>[3] <a href="https://proctorio.com/frequently-asked-questions" rel="nofollow">https://proctorio.com/frequently-asked-questions</a><p>[4] <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/comments/g2ub05/god_kicked_out_half_way_through_my_exam/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/comments/g2ub05/god_kicked_out_...</a>