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Colleges using , Examity , or Respondus rely on AI to ensure a student is looking at the screen. A "verified" fake webcam could theoretically feed a pre-recorded video of the test-taker to the proctor while a second person off-screen feeds answers.

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Doing so is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the US. Proctoring software now checks for driver anomalies. Even a "verified" fake webcam leaves a trace in the Windows Event Viewer (specifically Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP logs). Universities have successfully sued students for using these tools, resulting in fines and expulsion. Colleges using , Examity , or Respondus rely