Gregory's ServerSo this is crazy fcuked.
Despite their denial, Gizmodo caught the College Board (who administer the SAT, etc.) sharing scores and GPAs with Facebook, TikTok, etc.
https://gizmodo.com/sat-college-board-tells-facebook-tiktok-your-scores-gpa-1850768077
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@ct_bergstrom “Those values are passed in the pixel, not because we configured the pixel that way but because that’s how the pixel works.” What the hell does this even mean? Clearly, they mean that the pixel gained sentience, went rogue, and decided to share this information for its own nefarious purposes. All web developers know that when their sites are caught sharing personal information, a rogue sentient pixel is nearly always to blame.  @isomeme @PeoriaBummer @ct_bergstrom Last century: "The dog ate my homework."  @cmgreen @ct_bergstrom Given the College Board's history, assuming it's unintended is too charitable.  @mjausson @cmgreen @ct_bergstrom If I had to guess, it's unintended, and they're going to fix it: you can't give away data that valuable for free!  @ct_bergstrom Isn’t this the kind of thing people should be sent to prison for? I see no excuse for this behaviour. @ilsk @ct_bergstrom @ct_bergstrom can you share why that happens, what it looks like on the receiving end and what consequence to the student? @ct_bergstrom Someone needs to legislate that institution out of existence. @VoltaicGRiD @ct_bergstrom the site is so shit, I was worried Id gotten scammed until I actually physically got my SAT questions handed to me in the exam hall. @ct_bergstrom I’ve been advocating for my small school district to abandon AP classes in favor of dual enrollment for a combination of pedagogical, ethical, and technological reasons. This might be the last straw.  @ct_bergstrom Some pretty crazily specific wording in their denial ""we do not share with X, Y and Z or anyone else using pixel (sp?) or cookies." This immediately implies that they do share via some other mechanism...and then they get caught sharing using the mechanism they denied to begin with.... @ct_bergstrom that's absolutely wild. Isn't it a crime to do this, especially when it would involve minors, especially with data privacy since you would have to acknowledge you consent to having data shared with third parties?  Yo that's fucked up. "We don't do the thing." "Here's video evidence of you doing the thing." "Oh we're caught? lol yeah we do the thing." We need the GDPR so bad in the U.S. it's just silly. |
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