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Many of the onerous requirements mentioned in the article are about the test taker and the environment they are in, not hte computer envirionment. A VM doesn't

Many of the onerous requirements mentioned in the article are about the test taker and the environment they are in, not hte computer envirionment. A VM doesn't help you when your professor is requiring you to rearrange your room, set up mirrors, bash earplugs etc.

sebmellen 6y ago
I would record a video in advance or failing that flunk out. This calls for absolute rebellion against the system
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  The videos tend to be random, in both operations requested and their order. If you can generate convincing real-time fake video based on verbal commands like “ok, now show me behind the desk… now your left ear” you probably don’t need to pass an exam any more.
- progman32 6y ago
  My rebellious streak would implore me to make the process as awkward for the proctor as possible. Get creative. Not that it would really help anything. Tests, like software interviews, are a poor way to determine an individual's ability in anything but synthetic tasks. They are cheap, though.
cosmie 6y ago
That's exactly it - all of the onerous requirements are explicitly not about the computer, because the professors are presuming the software has that covered. Except higher education software is known more for milking it's market than for it's robustness and sophistication. The type of proctoring software used here was trivially bypassed only a few years ago, when the last of my friends were finishing up college. I haven't been exposed to the topic since the last of them graduated, and from ProctorU's help center it looks like the vendors have wised up to the VM trick (in some fashion). But it can still likely be subverted relatively easily, rendering all of those onerous environmental requirements moot since they all explicitly ignore the computer itself. I sort of wish I had access to it, so I could probe around myself and write up a tutorial. Not that I'm an advocate of cheating, but more so as a big "F* You" to the entire draconian process.
_jal 6y ago
I'm the kind of person who dropped out of college anyway, so it really doesn't matter. But I would have told any professor pulling this nonsense to get stuffed. This is far less about cheating than petty power tripping. (They should, of course, feel free to abuse each other in what ever ways they find enjoyable. But this is really not my thing.)
- strombofulous 6y ago
  This would almost certainly not work and you'd just get a 0 on the exam Can I ask, in a totally non-confrontational way, are you successful in your field and used to getting what you want? Based off of nothing other than this post I would guess that is the case
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sebmellen 6y ago

I would record a video in advance or failing that flunk out. This calls for absolute rebellion against the system

ceejayoz 6y ago
The videos tend to be random, in both operations requested and their order. If you can generate convincing real-time fake video based on verbal commands like “ok, now show me behind the desk… now your left ear” you probably don’t need to pass an exam any more.
progman32 6y ago
My rebellious streak would implore me to make the process as awkward for the proctor as possible. Get creative. Not that it would really help anything. Tests, like software interviews, are a poor way to determine an individual's ability in anything but synthetic tasks. They are cheap, though.

cosmie 6y ago

That's exactly it - all of the onerous requirements are explicitly not about the computer, because the professors are presuming the software has that covered. Except higher education software is known more for milking it's market than for it's robustness and sophistication. The type of proctoring software used here was trivially bypassed only a few years ago, when the last of my friends were finishing up college. I haven't been exposed to the topic since the last of them graduated, and from ProctorU's help center it looks like the vendors have wised up to the VM trick (in some fashion). But it can still likely be subverted relatively easily, rendering all of those onerous environmental requirements moot since they all explicitly ignore the computer itself. I sort of wish I had access to it, so I could probe around myself and write up a tutorial. Not that I'm an advocate of cheating, but more so as a big "F* You" to the entire draconian process.

_jal 6y ago

I'm the kind of person who dropped out of college anyway, so it really doesn't matter. But I would have told any professor pulling this nonsense to get stuffed. This is far less about cheating than petty power tripping. (They should, of course, feel free to abuse each other in what ever ways they find enjoyable. But this is really not my thing.)

strombofulous 6y ago
This would almost certainly not work and you'd just get a 0 on the exam Can I ask, in a totally non-confrontational way, are you successful in your field and used to getting what you want? Based off of nothing other than this post I would guess that is the case
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