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Remote education is rife with threats to student privacy

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
imageStudents are being forced to disclose sensitive information online. urbazon/Getty Images

An online “proctor” who can survey a student’s home and manipulate the mouse on their computer as the student takes an exam. A remote-learning platform that takes face scans and voiceprints of students. Virtual classrooms where strangers can po...

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