UC Irvine as well!

Not excited to install a rootkit on my computer to take finals, but oh well.

Any option to install it onto a VM or a separate drive for dual boot? Windows 10 VMs are active for a few weeks (or edu discounts are often pretty steep). If it was in a VM you otherwise use you can snapshot and revert back after taking the test (I guess you could do this with a normal backup, too). That's usually my go-to for stuff like this (but for me it's often Linux/macOS).

VMs and Linux aren't allowed, and apparently the software can detect if you're using either. I'm probably gonna use my macbook for it, but I just hate willingly installing such garbage.

https://www.proctoru.com/proctoru-live-resource-center

Perhaps partition your hard drive then and dual boot? Then reclaim the Windows partition after the program is no longer needed.

Requires Adobe Flash? What is this garbage?

Can you pretend to exclusively use a Chromebook as your computing device?

What does the rootkit even achieve? People can easily have a second laptop available.

I took a quick glance at their website and it says:

"No non-religious head coverings"

Which makes me think that they record a video of you while you're taking it, which is kind of eerie.

That being said, it won't stop anyone who has a USB webcam you can just unplug, unless the software requires you to have a webcam plugged in and pointed in the right direction.

For higher value tests:

- Someone will watch you

- The entire session is recorded

- You hold up multiple forms of ID and rotate it / tilt it

- It's effectively a keylogger + mouse tracker + eye tracker + ..., basically malware

- Triggering any security features like looking "to the side or down" will result in human intervention asking you to do a 360 degree view of your room

- You are not permitted to cover or pause the video stream and you may be randomly asked to do things like blink or hold up fingers

- Yes, they can remote control your device

No need to unplug when a piece of tape or folded paper will do it. I'd be more worried about the microphone.

Unless maybe the requirement is to catch you looking elsewhere?

Or a phone...

Also true for the California State universities and community colleges in the bay area.

UCSB has joined that list as well.

+University of Washington