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Re: Opinions on Grammerly
From: "Smith, Eric" <smithe28 () XAVIER EDU>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 14:23:36 +0000
The highly publicized issues w/Grammarly and security/privacy occurred in 2018, true.... but the real issues extend beyond those flaws that were subsequently addressed, to what exactly the company does with user data. A company that must plead "we're not a keylogger!" protests too much, IMO. If it's the grammar and not the spellcheck need driving this, why not propose something possibly less problematic like http://hemingwayapp.com/? ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Security Community Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> on behalf of Curt Kappenman <ckappenman () ANDERSONUNIVERSITY EDU> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 12:07 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> Subject: [SECURITY] Opinions on Grammerly CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails All, I have recently been asked to evaluate Grammerly for usage on University computers. I have seen where there have been issues in the past with data security but they do not seem to be re-occurring. The question has been raised about password security and disclosure of other sensitive info. Grammerly’s terms of service and privacy statements put the security of this information in the users hands. While I do not want to be the bad guy (but I will if I need to be), I also do not want to make this decision in my own private bubble. I would greatly appreciate the communities input on this subject. Curt Kappenman Security Compliance Officer / Systems Technician 316 Boulevard, Anderson, SC 29621 Phone: (864) 231-2850 Help Desk: (864) 231-2457 ckappenman () andersonuniversity edu<mailto:ckappenman () andersonuniversity edu> www.andersonuniversity.edu<http://www.andersonuniversity.edu/> ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
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- Opinions on Grammerly Curt Kappenman (Sep 07)
- Re: Opinions on Grammerly Ruth Ginzberg (Sep 07)
- Re: Opinions on Grammerly Curt Kappenman (Sep 07)
- Re: Opinions on Grammerly Ruth Ginzberg (Sep 07)
- Re: Opinions on Grammerly Jamie Schademan (Sep 07)
- Re: Opinions on Grammerly Curt Kappenman (Sep 07)
- Re: Opinions on Grammerly Ruth Ginzberg (Sep 07)
- Re: Opinions on Grammerly Smith, Eric (Sep 08)
- Re: Opinions on Grammerly Scott Norton (Sep 08)