And it doesn't really work? The student could easily keep a second device which is not monitored nearby and out of sight of the camera. For the webcam based "room-scan" just hold it your other hand behind the laptop.
A lot of this seems over-the-top, like the criticism of DoctoLib. Attacking that will just mean the alternative is calling the doctors' reception manually and hoping to get through, and then giving up all medical confidentiality to the receptionist instead...
It seems like a lot of "privacy concerns" just end up being Luddite rubbish. The expansion of CCTV is a great thing for society for example, as anyone who's been the victim of burglary or mugging will tell you (I assume the well-off authors of these awards live in pseudo-gated communities where this isn't a concern).
It's also telling that two of the items are direct consequences of the lockdowns. Hopefully people will begin to see them for what they are.
In the 20th century, Germany has twice experienced what it can mean to your life when your privacy is constantly undermined. Of course, this does not mean that every time data about you is collected it automatically and immediately means harm to you. But it raises the potential for it.
They had much bigger issues than just data sharing though. It's not like things would have been fine if only your medical appointments were never stored on AWS.
> Attacking that will just mean the alternative is calling the doctors' reception manually and hoping to get through, and then giving up all medical confidentiality to the receptionist instead...
Talking to a receptionist of a doctor‘s office (that are bound by confidentiality) is a completely different thing than one huge private company collecting data from all doctor‘s offices
Alright, thanks very much. I guess I was deceived by the not quite professional grasp of English, and repeated use of "I" in some of the justifications.
It is backed by an association (for a lack of a better word, the e.v. part) and the awards usually get some press in Germany, at least in the tech/computer/... realm.
