May 13, 2005
Cheating goes high tech
The Kansas City Star has an enlightening story on student high tech cheating. Picture phones and text messaging are mentioned of course, but this part I found fascinating:
-- MP3 players can hold downloaded notes as easily as they can hold music.
-- Scanners and computer editing programs can turn the ingredients section of candy wrappers into customized cheat sheets. According to reports in technology magazines, Mentos is often used because of its long paper label, which can be unrolled, flattened and easily scanned.
-- Cheaters also have pioneered new low-tech methods, including printing notes on the inside of water bottle labels and writing on the inside of LiveStrong bracelets.
- One of the worst cases of technocheating came earlier this year in Sugarland, Texas. A 17-year-old student placed a keystroke decoder on the back of a teacher's computer. The device logs everything that's typed, including passwords. The result: The boy stole and sold the teacher's tests. He was caught and charged with a misdemeanor.
-- Cheaters also can copy large amounts of information on USB flash drives.
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