The use of facial comparison technology combined with the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a widespread debate within the education community as to what extent surveillance and privacy invasion is reasonable in order for universities to carry out their obligation to ensure fair and credible assessment of students.
The use of online remote proctored exams has caused a stir among students in several countries and sectors not particularly accustomed to such tools. Before Corona, remote proctoring tools were for obvious reasons mainly reserved for distance programs or in the rare instances where individual students were unable to attend the exam at campus physically.