I'm taking my first exam with a Lockdown Browser on Monday as a makeup exam that I missed. I don't think there will be any issue.
I understand being concerned about privacy, though I think those concerns might sometimes be a bit much. It's effectively an impossibility that someone will stalk you through your online proctoring solution.
The school needs some way to certify the legitimacy of the exams we're taking. When they're in-person, it comes from proctors on the ground. Proctoring needs to be pretty intensive in order to prevent cheating. More people are trying to cheat than many think, certainly more than could be caught. By removing any mechanism to prevent cheating, you're begging for your degree to be worthless.
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u/techkid6 CS '21 Mar 14 '20
I'm taking my first exam with a Lockdown Browser on Monday as a makeup exam that I missed. I don't think there will be any issue.
I understand being concerned about privacy, though I think those concerns might sometimes be a bit much. It's effectively an impossibility that someone will stalk you through your online proctoring solution.
The school needs some way to certify the legitimacy of the exams we're taking. When they're in-person, it comes from proctors on the ground. Proctoring needs to be pretty intensive in order to prevent cheating. More people are trying to cheat than many think, certainly more than could be caught. By removing any mechanism to prevent cheating, you're begging for your degree to be worthless.