Vigilant
creator(s): Cory Doctorow |
franchise: Little Brother |
medium(s): book |
date reviewed: 29 September 2024
rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Cory Doctorow taking on Proctorio by proxy is such a delight. This story on how dumb proctoring software is, how it could be beat technically, and how it needs to be beat politically ought to be required reading for everyone in ed tech. It also has compelling characters, enough food porn to remind you who the author is, some fun technical asides (learned a lot about WannaCry!), and is just fun.
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