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Hack at UW, elsewhere exposes dangerous weakness in online education

College students might imagine many nightmare scenarios during finals week:

  • A damaged laptop entombs an important essay.
  • The least useful member of a group project accidentally deletes the shared Google document.
  • A burrito consumed on the eve of a crucial presentation fulfills an untimely revenge.

But what if these horrors weren’t yours alone? What if all students and their professors found themselves living a shared nightmare at the worst possible time?