The Grace Panopticon (Hāpara Highlights)

Widely regarded as one of the worst human rights and user privacy violations of the 21st century, Hāpara Highlights (colloquially referred to as simply "Hapara," more provocatively as "Chinese Spyware," and philosophically regarded as The Grace Panopticon) was a form of spyware malware intentionally downloaded on school distributed Chromebooks. Hapara is irrefutably one of the most overt displays of authoritarianism under the Collet Administration, which also served to illustrate the blatant disregard of personal privacy by the Grace IT Department.

Origin of Nickname
The term "panopticon" refers to a circular prison with cells arranged around a central well, from which prisoners could at all times be observed from a single, central tower. However, philosophically it was proposed that even if a guard was not stationed at the guard tower prisoners would be fearful to disobey orders due to the threat of an armed guard viewing them from a vantage point. Thus the term became applicable to Hapara, as students neither understood the extent to which administrators could spy on their online activity nor the validity of the "constant monitoring" of students' devices.

Main Controversy
The primary student concern over the use of Hapara was the lack of transparency within technological institutions at Grace. Due to the limited knowledge regarding the extent to which Hapara could infiltrate both school owned and personal devices, as well as the nature of these illicit observations and intrusions, the freedoms, liberties, and rights of all Grace Students were infringed.