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The NZ government is requiring use of proprietary software to do our important tests. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by Berserkware@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] yuu@group.lt 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] BigRedSparrow@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] Berserkware@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

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.