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> After about an hour of this, I tell the proctor that I am no longer interested in the interview, and that I want to quit. I’m asked if I want to reschedule. I

> After about an hour of this, I tell the proctor that I am no longer interested in the interview, and that I want to quit. I’m asked if I want to reschedule. I repeat that I want to quit. I’m told that a Log Out Procedure(™?) will have to be initiated. Isn't enough to have total access to your computer, you also have to leave them enough time to clean up (?) any copyrighted material they might have downloaded on your equipment... Interesting that you'll never know if they have uploaded some material from you, be it documents, photos or whatever.

pidg 10y ago
You could just run the test software from inside a VM - with all those helpful 'written materials' on your real desktop.
- DuskStar 10y ago
  They check to make sure you aren't running within a VM, unfortunately.
  - Avery3R 10y ago
    Malware checks for VMs too, there are documented ways to trick things into thinking that they're running on bare metal.
    - andai 10y ago
      Judging by the article and the comments, that sounds to me like more effort than Amazon is worth.
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makecheck 10y ago
I imagine that a continuously-running backup process could capture anything they do. There’s not really a way for them to “clean up” anything.
Bartweiss 10y ago
Honestly, I wouldn't go in for this process unless I had a new partition or had wiped the contents of my machine altogether. Not because I actually think they're stealing data, but because I don't trust their competence to not collect something personal while doing their system profile. And, of course, because I'm opposed to surrendering ownership of a system I care about on sheer principle.