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Out of curiosity, is running a service this article mentions (BoostMyGrade, etc) illegal? I know _using_ one will get you expelled from a university, but does

• analog31 10y ago
  What I gathered from the article is that some of the services maintain a public posture they are doing what amounts to contract research, and they make the customer agree that the material won't be used for cheating. Ethically, of course they know what's going on, but they seem to have sheltered themselves from a legal perspective.
• rdtsc 10y ago
  I imagine they cloak themseleves as a "tutoring service". They know exactly what they are doing. It is a bit like when during Prohibition companies would sell grape juice, yeast, and other ingredients needed to make wine and then put a label on the kit saying "Just to let you know, it is illegal to mix the contents of these ingredients, let them sit for X amount of days at T temperature, and then consume the resulting product".
• neutronicus 10y ago
  It is against the law in at least some states.