r/LaTrobe • u/No-Environment7496 • 7d ago

Talview

https://docs.talview.com/releasenotes/q2-2026/proctoring-may-release-notes

Hi everyone,

So I've been doing some digging around to work out this exam issue and I came across a very recent patch note from Talview in regards to the Proview plugins.

My biggest concern is that the plug in Sentry Telemetry has been turned on by default this whole time so all your browser activities have been monitored since your last exam....

There are other massive issues such as people being able to bypass the password to gain access to exams etc, recording sessions being made available to all reviewers.

This is pretty terrible.

I feel like the comms is pretty lacking considering all our personal information is now at risk.

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u/Constant_Heron_4467 6d ago

This release also addresses a bug reported by CyberCX

Apparently this is the cyber security firm the uni uses? And they also run a cybersecurity school, which also uses talview. Yikes.

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u/No-Environment7496 6d ago

There are more yikes the more you follow the thread... go to the public repository and you can see the old Sentry code which was default on ( Sentry tracks your browser history). The open issue that wasnt addressed in this patch note is a major yike... storing session API key on an unsecured location... I'm so paranoid now how much activity has been tracked because my laptop battery is now draining power much slower after the uninstall.