Prep Software Naviance
Richard Stallman's Personal Page [Unofficial]
March 4, 2026
Many US colleges demand applicants run a nonfree program, Naviance, whose purpose is to collect data about them.
To that injustice, the program adds the annoyance of ads.
Some public school systems demand that students run this surveillance package for many years. But running it even once is an injustice.
Of course, many of those school systems demand that students run other nonfree programs. Each one is an injustice; each one deserves fighting back. One injustice doesn't become less evil merely because there are others.
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