Students cry wolf over ‘unfair surveillance’ of remote exams
Many are wary of proctoring software, including mass data collection and racial bias in facial recognition
10 November 2020 - 16:21
New York — When US law student Areeb Khan tried to sign into the online portal to take his practice bar exam, he was met with a strange message: “Due to poor lighting we are unable to identify your face.”
Additional lighting did not solve the issue. The 27-year-old even tried to sign in from the brightest room in his New York apartment — the bathroom...
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