has your school told you how bad this hack really was? My guest Ian Linkletter called this the 'Biggest Privacy Disaster in History', and he stands by that. He's been warning about Canvas/Instructure for years.

We get into why having your data on a service with 9,000 other schools is a bad idea, why extortions could go on for another 20 years or more, and what students and teachers can do next.

music, production, editing by me. hope you dig.

sources:

== sources ==

https://www.404media.co/the-biggest-student-data-privacy-disaster-in-history-canvas-hack-shows-the-danger-of-centralized-edtech/

https://www.howtogeek.com/141500/why-you-should-use-a-password-manager-and-how-to-get-started/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/canvas-instructure-hackers-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.Xnzg.ALdQS5Vdvpu1&smid=url-share

https://www.pcmag.com/news/canvas-developer-apologizes-for-breach-as-class-action-lawsuits-pile-up

https://ubyssey.ca/news/canvas-cyberattack-agreement/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/proctorio-settles-curious-lawsuit-with-librarian-who-shared-public-youtube-videos/

https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/instructure-paid-ransom-shinyhunters-canvas-settlement-shred-logs-275-million-2026/

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/01/ceo-of-exam-monitoring-software-proctorio-apologises-for-posting-students-chat-logs-on-reddit

https://www.vice.com/en/article/an-exam-surveillance-company-is-trying-to-silence-critics-with-lawsuits/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/judge-rules-schools-cant-scan-your-bedroom-with-creepy-proctoring-apps/