• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Its been quite a while since I’ve taken a proctored exam, but then all the proctors would clear all the memory on your calc before they’d let you use it for test. Is that not the case anymore?

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      2 months ago

      The launcher program can be downloaded on-demand, avoiding detection if a teacher inspects or clears the calculator’s memory

      If I understood it correctly, the Wi-Fi module appears as a standard calculator-to-calculator interface, so built-in commands can install the cheat apps at any time.

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      2 months ago

      The article said it can be download “on demand” so that might make the clearing pointless.

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        2 months ago

        Make people switch devices, problem solved. Does not work without tampering with the hardware

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          2 months ago

          Or use a dongle to lock the calc in test mode, where unlock needs a passcode sent from it.

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      Depends on the exam. Some don’t even allow programmable calcs because they don’t want to deal with possible shit like this. I have already seen a certification exam where they provide the calculators as well.