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Re:Dell Adding Hardware Privacy Driver for Linux by Vrondi on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @04:50PM (#24993395)
These exam proctoring softwares are only required to be run during the time you are actively taking an exam. The rest of the time, there would be zero issue for a student with hardware disabled camera and microphone.
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Re:Dell Adding Hardware Privacy Driver for Linux by matheusmoreira on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @05:24PM (#24993673)
The invasive proprietary software used to prevent cheating cannot be trusted to work only when the students want it work. Its purpose can and will be twisted to fit the agendas of whoever owns the software. It probably introduces several security vulnerabilities into the system just by being installed.
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Re:Dell Adding Hardware Privacy Driver for Linux by jackvalentine on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @05:36PM (#24993772)
It's a Chrome extension.
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