Edsby apologized to any student who “feels outed”.

Fuck you, Edsby.

It’s wild that as soon as the government allows you to discriminate against trans kids that these companies don’t even waste a single minute.

Run by vile, hateful individuals masquerading as people.

So it was working properly and now it's not? Sounds like a classic case of deploying to production before testing and verification. Edsby is taking responsibility, so it seems reasonable to think that they are not adhering to one of the fundamental rules for software development and deployment. What other shortcuts are they taking. No test suites? Not encrypted at rest? Not encrypted in transit? No authorization and authentication process? No access logs? This could well be the tip of the iceberg and should trigger an investigation that includes a third party aaudit of policies and procedures. At their expense, of course.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A tech company is apologizing after trans students were "outed" to their classmates because of an data error that affected eight school divisions in Saskatchewan.

She immediately started making calls, trying to figure out how to have the names corrected and learn who was responsible.

Edsby takes your student data security very seriously and supports your preference to identify as you choose," said a company spokesperson in a written statement.

The glitch occurred on Aug. 10, 2023, but Edsby did not learn of the problem until Thursday, when students began noticing issues and the company was called out.

The Edsby spokesperson said the company "regrets the poor timing of this issue, given Saskatchewan's new parental consent requirements."

On Tuesday, Saskatchewan's education minister announced a new policy dictating that students under the age of 16 who want to change their pronouns or names must obtain parental consent.

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