Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Or you know, having another computer? I literally have 12 computers or phones in my house. Could I not use another one if I needed to cheat that badly?



You would have to disable the camera so they did not see you reading off of another screen.


My desktop does not have a webcam.


They may catch you if they replay

* Your webcam video

* Your head movements

* Your eye movements

* Your mouth movements

that was all collected during the test.


Not necessarily.

You can use an HDMI splitter, and merge the videos of the two computers. As overlay. You can also program the second computer to have a mouse controlled by a single muscular activation in your cheek or tongue – for example, if you have a tongue piercing, put a magnet in, use a phone to recognize the magnetic field, tape the phone below your desk (it’ll measure the difference from movement), and connect that to the PC.

No way to recognize it for them, and you circumvented it entirely.

They’re trying to fight against people whose job is to circumvent weird complicated restrictions, and finding workarounds.


Tape over the webcam. If they ask, just say you always gave tape over your webcam for security reasons. You could also use a computer without a webcam.


That will probably result in an automatic fail.




Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: