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People who can afford starlink have a huge advantage
by throw9away6 3y ago
People who can afford starlink have a huge advantage
- capableweb 3y agoDo people who can bring a satellite dish with them to the exam rooms really have to be worried overall about being school performance, one way or another?
- malkosta 3y agoImagine what's the punishment for a cheater on a country that bans internet on this...
- BasedAnon 3y agoYou won't get punished if you don't get caught, and you probably won't get caught
- harvey9 3y agoI'm unclear how this affects cheating. Are the exams not done in paper in large rooms with an invigilator?
- zen_1 3y agoIn certain parts of the world you can bribe the invigilators.
- throwaway3838g 3y agoHow does this relate to internet access?
- wongarsu 3y agoYou bribe them to not notice the phone you are using to help you answer exam questions. Without internet access that's more difficult.
- meitham 3y agoit's about minimising damage in the case of questions leak. The exam paper is the same across the country, so if a paper is leaked from one school, the internet would quickly make the problem nation wide.
- wongarsu 3y agoExcuse yourself to go to the restroom, use phone hidden there the day before. That's a viable method of cheating in many countries, I guess cutting internet access is a way to prevent this and similar exploits.
- userbinator 3y agoI suspect all of Wikipedia's text fits comfortably on a typical user's phone. How does not having Internet access during the exam stop people from accessing data they've already gathered from when they did?
- dist1ll 3y agoWho invigilates the invigilators?
- gumby 3y agoYeah, because nobody would notice when set that up outside the exam hall. You'd do better with an ordinary satphone except you'd stick out like a sore thumb in the exam.
- wcoenen 3y agoStarlink is not available in Algeria: https://www.starlink.com/map https://www.starlink.com/map Even if it was available, it would have to operate with permission of the ARPCE. So it could be shut down along with all the other internet providers. https://www.arpce.dz/fr/service/fai https://www.arpce.dz/fr/service/fai
- cm2187 3y agoThe satellite dish is very discreet.