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Re:Parents demand academic publisher drop Proctorio surveill... by _fat_santa on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @10:50AM (#25507434)
So the safety software was committing ad fraud? Were you able to pry anymore details from the requests or did you simply go to the school and ask that it be removed?
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Re:Parents demand academic publisher drop Proctorio surveill... by indymike on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:26AM (#25518511)
I was able to identify about 200 fraudulent ad clicks. BTW - I don't know if it was the safety software or something else that was force-installed by the software. I wasn't looking to do a deep analysis, I suspected the safety extension was doing more than it should and confirmed it. I gathered enough evidence that a competent admin would conclude the safety software was not safe and connected with the school.
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