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by gombotzd 4134 days ago
if the school lets you take tests without a more secure way of authorizing yourself that speaks for itself

i personally teach a course at a university of applied science and it makes me always wonder how bad the whole online-systems are - and that starts with identification of the student

identity is the base of trust but it is by heart not dependent on technology (which we all think so much about) a modern digital signature cannot be forged easily, a "normal" signature can be done easily - but still we believe the analogue medium is more secure because it is a norm of our society

one of the best examples for use of non-secure technology is usage of two-channel communication for authorization using TEXT Messages via SS7 protocol, one of the most unsecure protocols but considered okay in combination with the first channel running via TLS