Someone can avoid being obnoxiously loud.NOTE: There are Discord channels dedicated to a huge number of workarounds to the Lockdown Browser. Someone can call support for any reason - they're guaranteed to get a break and/or have an excuse to leave the computer.

They could make sure their font is clean by pasting with Ctrl + Shift + V

People have been caught by pasting formatted font.

If someone were to use these, all they have to be is not stupid.

Every year, methods to escape the browser come up.

They could look at themselves reading the cheatsheet in your webcam for placement.

They can even re-watch the camera pan to make sure it's good.

They could place a cheat sheet during your camera pan, not before.

It's easier to cheat at home than in-classД®ach of these reasons alone should have stopped anyone from thinking Lockdown Browser was a good idea, but here we are.

Lockdown Browser is a preventative method, where the prevention is fear.

To straight up cheat, they have to realize a few things:

The courselink rep will likely tell them to keep trying, followed up with a confirmation from the prof they can set them to non-Lockdown Browser mode. Note: With this method, they can either keep denying they're using a VM or explain the Linux situation.

In the case of Guelph, Respondus Support are Courselink reps, who are also students.

If they use Linux, using a VM is logical, and the practice quiz worked so 'they expected it to work for the exam'.

Lockdown Browser has false positives for VM detection.

This method works extremely well for a few reasons:

Bonus: The practice quiz (if they have one) will work.

They might get the chance to do exam on paper.

Take out laptop battery beforehand, then unplug charger.

In person they need a doctors note/etc, but with the lockdown they can: Okay - Let's say someone wants to defer an exam. If you're going to cheat, that's on you, and I hope you solve your bigger issues some day. I've discovered these methods myself inadvertently, and through conversations with friends in faculty. This is purely to show how useless Lockdown Browser is. So first off, I'm not endorsing cheating. I'll post about that later, but honestly this thing is disgusting. There is no way Lockdown Browser has ever been audited.Д®dit3: It's been brought to my attention a much, much bigger issue with Lockdown Browser. How this block of Swiss cheese program was ever authorized by Guelph is disappointing. I'm not posting these, partially because I didn't realize how easy it is to cheat the Lockdown Browser, and because I believe that's going too far.Д®dit2: I've been sent screenshots of the internal admin panel for Lockdown Browser and some pretty crazy exploits. There's Discord channels and Youtube channels that go in-depth on circumventing the Lockdown Browser. People can stick their head in the sand or go after me, but all I've said is the truth. Lockdown Browser is a useless, invasive, and discriminative spyware - That's the truth. As per Policy 1.6 Policy on Non-Academic Misconduct, 'The University of GuelphвЂ™s core value is the pursuit of truth.'. EDIT: People have warned me that this post is 'aiding and abetting' academic misconduct.

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