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Berserkware@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

The NZ government is requiring use of proprietary software to do our important tests.

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The NZ government is requiring use of proprietary software to do our important tests.

Berserkware@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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      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

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        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.

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      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.

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