This project is dedicated to exposing the fraudulent use of outdated academic materials being repackaged and sold as "new" to students. Using ExifTool, this script extracts metadata from course files, revealing creation dates, modification timestamps, and authorship discrepancies.
- Students are paying for "updated" content that is decades old.
- Professors are recycling the same documents while charging for new editions.
- This system exploits students and diminishes the integrity of higher education.
This script:
- Recursively scans all files in the Syllabi and Warehouse directories.
- Extracts metadata using
exiftool. - Filters out irrelevant file types (
.md,.csv,.jpg,.png). - Saves the metadata into a structured
.csvfile.
Ensure you have exiftool installed. On Linux, run:
sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl- Students deserve transparency in what they are paying for.
- Outdated knowledge is unacceptable in an institution that claims to educate.
- Public exposure forces accountability.
- Sharing this data with students, whistleblowers, and investigative journalists.
- Holding universities and faculty accountable for intellectual dishonesty.
- Establishing a public repository of verified academic materials for free student access.
You have 24 hours to address this issue transparently.
Failure to do so will result in mass awareness and permanent reputational damage.
Education should not be a scam. Knowledge should not be monopolized.
Time's up.