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Berserkware@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

The NZ government is requiring use of proprietary software to do our important tests.

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The NZ government is requiring use of proprietary software to do our important tests.

Berserkware@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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    Is it possible to get around this with user agent spoofing? Or maybe degoogled Chromium?

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      It is possible to make the website think I am using chrome and windows, but I don’t want to get in trouble for cheating. Even if I use degoogle Chromium it still won’t allow me because I use Linux.

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          Some of them will detect if using virtualization. For example http://safeexambrowser.org/ by ETH Zurich

          Ironically enough, it is free software https://github.com/SafeExamBrowser

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            You can figure out the checks and make your own patches to Qemu.

            https://github.com/SafeExamBrowser/seb-win-refactoring/blob/cb84fbd689493a0486b0f4373ab98674afd2b38e/SafeExamBrowser.SystemComponents/VirtualMachineDetector.cs

            I managed to get mine working.

            Edit: SEB now checks for browser integrity so this is no longer relevant.

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          I tried this and it worked. I still don’t think my school will allow it due to the fact that I can access the web from outside the vm, which would allow me to cheat.

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