(Chinese) Students Are Now Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Exams
In China, there's a growing market for renting smart glasses to help you cheat on your tests.
Updated title for clarity. Although I am sure there are students from many countries doing this, the article focuses on China.
https://gizmodo.com/smart-glasses-cheating-exams-2000739723Open linkView original on piefed.zip
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"Ah, here comes Lee for his exam, with some big thick rimmed spectacles that he's never been seen wearing before. Strange... Anyway"
Those glasses must only be as good as the WiFi they're connected to, right? There must be a way to block signals to them or identify which ones are transmitting.
They connect to your phone via Bluetooth, or some with cables. You can’t really block Bluetooth without jamming. Idk about China, but in the US that’s highly illegal, and will break every 2.4ghz device (like WiFi)
Just don't allow the students to have their phones when taking tests. They could be left in another room out of bluetooth range or be put in a faraday cage to block the bluetooth signals.
Or not allow sunglasses
I don't think they're using sunglasses (the picture is from another article), but maybe. Unfortunately, these things also come in a regular and prescription, although I bet the rented models aren't.
It's a little harder to tell whether somebody is wearing new glasses for the first time.
Well you have a mate hanging outside the window/wall with a phone you've paired with it.
Or you pre position some wifi on the roof or around the building somewhere.
Blocking signals tends to be not allowed in classrooms, unfortunately.