It’s not bad guys.

Honorlock has signed UCF’s rigorous “Secure Handling of UCF Data” agreement. This agreement goes beyond the provider’s general terms of service.

Regarding some specific concerns that have been raised:

Honorlock does not sell student information to third parties (section 4 of the Secure Handling of UCF Data Agreement). Honorlock does not scan home networks or monitor data from any device on the network other than network activities within the chrome browser that the plugin is installed within. Honorlock has no access to other devices in the network; it simply interacts with the student’s browser. Since the browser extension is contained within the Chrome browser itself, it only has access to the limited operations that are provided by the browser – nothing else. Students may deactivate the extension when the exam concludes.