Remote Proctoring deemed illegal as violation of 4th amendment rights?

[MNomadic]

I can understand not liking home proctoring and finding it intrusive, but this ruling makes no sense. It's voluntary. The state isn't forcing anyone to enroll at Cleveland State University and take courses that require proctoring. It's a voluntary action taken by the student.

If I invite an officer into my home, he hasn't violated my 4th amendment rights if he takes a look at the family portraits that i hung on the wall (or, for that matter, notices all that crack i might have left on my coffee table)

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There are state privacy laws that seem to be a much better fit for challenging proctoring practices. But a 4th amendment challenge seems really out there.

Agreed, the state didn't force its way into their home either physically or digitally, it was effectively voluntarily allowed in when they signed up for the class, knowing there would be proctoring requirements. Unless there was previously no expectations of remote/home proctoring and it was added in later, perhaps due to COVID changes? I think if someone knowingly signs up for a course that requires proctoring, it should be up to them to make arrangements to account for privacy (or make arrangements with the school). I know I always have a process I go through to make my home testing environment as "sterile" as possible. In fact I've recently just been setting up in the bathroom with my chair, a small, portable Desk, and my laptop, then taking everything off the counter/hiding anything. This way I don't have to worry about all the extra computers/monitors in my shared office.