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Re:EFF sues Proctorio on behalf of student falsely DMCA'd by revicon on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:33PM (#26904709) 

  Higher level education is largely voluntary, and it's up to
  the person taking it up to decide what they gain from it. 
  If they are only in it for a diploma, they'd get there one 
  way or another.
Employers definitely use grades as a mechanism to determine who gets an internship or a full time position upon graduation, especially in the legal industry. The idea that cheaters aren't a big deal breaks down once grades have real world consequences.
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Re:EFF sues Proctorio on behalf of student falsely DMCA'd by necovek on Thursday April 22, 2021 @03:44PM (#26907264)
I've never once been asked about my grades, nor asked to provide proof of my graduation in getting a software engineering job.

Then again, I have a hard time envisioning what would someone cheat about in a legal exam, other than not memorizing the things, but that's to me just a signal that the content is badly presented (instead, put students in a pretend courtroom in a case that covers the study material, and they'll have to learn it, and learn to apply it).

But even if we accept it as so, it is not an argument to be so vigilant in catching cheaters majoring in other subjects.

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