New Research: Cheating on Exams with Smartwatches

Freedom to Tinker 2013-12-20

Summary:

A Belgian university recently banned all watches from exams due to the possibility of smartwatches being used to cheat. Similarly, some standardized tests in the U.S. like the GRE have banned all digital watches. These policies seems prudent, since today’s smartwatches could be used to smuggle in notes or even access websites during the test. However, their potential use [...]

Link:

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/amigi/cheating-on-exams-with-smartwatches/

From feeds:

Gudgeon and gist » Freedom to Tinker

Tags:

privacy security smartwatch cheating smart watch wearable

Authors:

Alex Migicovsky

Date tagged:

12/20/2013, 07:08

Date published:

12/04/2013, 23:48