📝 What’s a honeypot?

PLUS: Gas station ATMs, explained. February 21, 2022 [The Hustle] The Felicity Ace, a cargo ship carrying 2.5k cars, including Porsches, Bentleys, and Volkswagens, caught on fire in the Atlantic. It’s uncertain whether the ship will be seaworthy after the fire is extinguished, which means there may soon be a very expensive used-car lot at the bottom of the ocean. In today’s email: - Remote exams: How software is curbing cheating. - Gas station ATMs: There are 225k of them — who owns them? - Digits: Travel nurses, dungeons, and more wild numbers. - Around the web: Intentional spam, simpler phones, tracking poachers, and more internet finds. 🎧 On the go? [Listen to today’s <10 minute podcast]( to hear about Vaseline’s comeback, the IRS’s insane call volume, cheating techniques, and more. The big idea [kids looking at a computer]( Exam software is booming, but is it ethical? College kids have been cheating on exams since the beginning of time. But remote learning has created a new challenge for educators: How do you keep a student from cheating when they’re taking the test from their bedroom? Luckily for academic institutions, this challenge has led to a [burgeoning new industry]( — remote exam proctoring software, per The Markup. The key player in the space… … is Honorlock, which [grew revenue]( 1k% YoY between 2020 and 2021, leading to a $25m fundraise last year. At the time of the raise, Honorlock counted 300+ institutions as customers and 1m+ students using its software. How does remote proctoring work? As you can imagine, it’s not as simple as asking your class to clear the formulas in their TI-83. Honorlock’s software uses AI to: - Scan students’ faces to make sure they’re the ones actually taking the tests - Detect the use of [cellphones]( and other devices during the exam window - Track activity on fake websites that provide answers to test questions In other words, it's all about student surveillance — and the last bullet has landed Honorlock in hot water. These fake websites, which the company calls “honeypots,” exist solely to catch students cheating. Critics say it’s a classic case of entrapment and argue that the software creates an environment that assumes students cheat — which could backfire by normalizing cheating. So what’s the answer? One possible solution is switching to different testing methods. Sarah Eaton, an associate professor at University of Calgary who studies academic integrity, suggests oral and open book tests that require answers you can’t find on Google. Until then, we encourage any test-takers out there to study up, lest you end up caught in a honeypot. [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Send as email to a friend](mailto:?subject=The%20Hustle%20wrote%20something%20I%20think%20you%27ll%20like...%0A&body=Exam+software+is+booming%2C+but+is+it+ethical%3F%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fthehustle.co%2F02222022-Exam-software%3Futm_campaign%3DExam%2Bsoftware%26utm_content%3D02222022-Exam-software%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Ddaily%0A%0AYou%20can%20subscribe%20with%20my%20link%20here%20to%20get%20the%20latest%20in%20tech%20and%20business%20daily:%0A [View on our website]( SNIPPETS Bigger bag: A new report [revealed]( Joe Rogan’s Spotify deal is worth $200m+, double the value that was originally reported. Collectible craze: Fanatics teamed up with a group of celebrities that includes Jay-Z to [acquire]( Mitchell & Ness, best known for its throwback jerseys, for $250m. Crypto criminals: Chainalysis [identified]( 4,068 criminals holding $1m+ in cryptocurrency, with a cumulative value of $25B+. UPDATE: Salesforce recently announced plans to enter the NFT game, and it turns out not everyone is on board — 400+ employees have [signed a petition](, citing environmental and economic concerns. Good read: As banks tightened small business lending after covid swept the globe, 2 entrepreneurs leveraged big data to build a new kind of lender. Read the [full story]( at The Hustle Blog. --------------------------------------------------------------- Hey — enjoy getting quick updates on what you care about? Take [20 seconds]( to personalize your Snippets. Pick your preferences👇 and we’ll send you more of what you love. Boom. [Personalize my Email →]( Take it to the bank [ATM]( How do gas station ATMs work? They are everywhere. Nonbank ATMs — run by independent operators — that sit inside gas stations and convenience stores. Per [The Wall Street Journal](, there are ~225k of these ATMs across America. In 2020, they collectively processed $90B. These ATM operators… … depend on major bank chains to deliver the cash that fills the machines (think armored cars). The operators also need 2 bank accounts: - The 1st account holds cash for ATMs and receives deposits from a user’s bank when they withdraw money - The 2nd account receives the fees that a user pays to use the ATMs Banks are souring on the relationship Why? Per WSJ, regulators are concerned that independent ATM operators are “a higher fraud and money-laundering risk.” The operators say they are serving underbanked populations, especially in areas without traditional bank branches (regulators do acknowledge this fact). To make it worth their time, banks are raising fees on servicing the ATMs. If you hate that “convenience fee,” well, now you know where some of it comes from. 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That’s much better than the 19.3% rebound seen across retail generally. 4) A former Italian royal family is suing the government over [~$342m]( in crown jewels they claim are theirs. Interestingly, none of the royal family members have ever seen the jewels in person. 5) Fancis Ford Coppola, the 82-year-old Godfather director, will spend up to [$120m]( of his own fortune on Megalopolis, which no Hollywood studio will fund. The film’s cast is rumored to include Zendaya, Cate Blanchett, Oscar Isaac, Jon Voight, Forest Whitaker, and more. [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Send as email to a friend](mailto:?subject=The%20Hustle%20wrote%20something%20I%20think%20you%27ll%20like...%0A&body=Digits%3A+Bookstores%2C+dungeons%2C+and+Italian+jewels%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fthehustle.co%2F02222022-digits%3Futm_campaign%3DExam%2Bsoftware%26utm_content%3D02222022-digits%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Ddaily%0A%0AYou%20can%20subscribe%20with%20my%20link%20here%20to%20get%20the%20latest%20in%20tech%20and%20business%20daily:%0A [View on our website]( AROUND THE WEB 📕 On this day: In 1848, Karl Marx [published]( The Communist Manifesto in London. 🗑️ Haha: [Straight 2 Spam]( helps you compose emails that will automatically go to someone’s spam folder. 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