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Can someone tell me a reason why an organization would want to block this feature? And blocking this in Chrome wouldn't be enough; they'd also need to whitelis

Can someone tell me a reason why an organization would want to block this feature? And blocking this in Chrome wouldn't be enough; they'd also need to whitelist execution for programs so people can't just use a portable browser. Then whitelist permitted websites and network connections to prevent use of other online workarounds. This all can't be easier than solving the root issue.

grayhatter 5y ago
It's not, they're not trying to solve all issues. Just the ones they're aware of. You're thinking too deeply if you're trying to understand their motivation. Occams' Razor also applies to understanding motivation. Students are cheating by viewing source -> block viewing source. Is much easier to understand than fixing the actual problem, which looks like. Students are cheating by reading the source code -> the source code contains the test -> the test shouldn't also contain the answers -> the source code shouldn't contain the answers -> we need to remove the answers from the source code.
chromanoid 5y ago
It is easier, because apparently companies like Google shit on scenarios like that for schools for software like Google Forms Quiz. As a school either you buy expensive software that sometimes still has such problems or you simply block access to source - immediate problem solved. This feature is just an improvement over not being able to see sources at all. A portable browser comes on a storage device which is not allowed in this scenario. Otherwise you could simply have a crib sheet on it. Maybe the whitelist is just for a local intranet (wikipedia mirror whatever).