Anti-Cheating Software That Scans Students' Rooms Is Unconstitutional, Court Rules

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This could set significant precedent.

A federal judge just sided with a Cleveland State University student, finding that anti-cheating software used by the institution that scanned his room was unconstitutional,The creepy third-party "e-proctoring" tool, called Honorlock, asks students to get a virtual scan of students' rooms via a webcam.

"Mr. Ogletree's privacy interest in his home outweighs Cleveland State's interests in scanning his room," Ogletree's complaints mirror those filed by other privacy advocates, who have long argued tools like Honorlock unfairly invade students' privacy.Cleveland State University, however, maintained that remote virtual room scans don't amount to "searches" and that Ogletree could've opted out, resulting in getting zero credit for the exam.

 

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..they're even stealing rights over the notion of a scan with schools now? the World Trade Center and the airport scanners weren't enough? iinventedthescan followthewhiterabbit

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