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At the heart of privacy protection is a simple concept: Data Minimization.

Protests have occurred, legislation enacted and class action lawsuits filed that all relate directly to the biometrics used by automated proctoring services, that capture and store facial recognition data, facial detection data, recorded patterns of keystrokes, eye monitoring data, gaze monitoring data, and camera and microphone recordings as part of the service they provide.‍‍

Researchers with the security firm Avast recently released a statement identifying at least 28 third-party Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions for popular platforms including Vimeo, Facebook, Spotify, and even The New York Times as malware because of their covert functions.