used unlicensed windows vm back in college. user agent change is faster
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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They should be extremely infuriated that you are using some old and busted software that doesn't support a common OS.
"Our spyware is not able to accommodate your platform."
The horror stories I've read about what you give the software access to do (assuming there's truth to them; I've never run it myself).
Edit: I'm realizing now your screenshot is probably for a web course.
It's hilarious how bad it is
I won't ramble but I'm a cybersecurity professional with a lot of certs and... I've played with it (Pearson VUE)
Hey Pearson, I have completely defeated your anticheat measures. Ironically, have used my expertise to pass cybersecurity exams. Fight me.
Hey OP, use a free windows VM. Guess how many monitors your VM has? Guess how many your host can have? Yeah.
This was 2019, so they may have gotten past that but I tells ya... For folks testing cybersec pros, they sure don't have airtight opsec.
I found more, but cannot responsibly disclose 😊
They’re in the business of selling the illusion of security to university administrators.
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Their deliberate word choice of “upgrade” to supported operating system is mildly infuriating.
we have wildly different definitions for "mildly"!
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I’ll just change my web browser’s user agent then; you’re a fucking website, you don’t need to know which OS I’m using.
It’s amazing how many “unsupported” web apps work perfectly fine once you change the UA. It’s often a completely arbitrary limitation so that they can hire less qualified support staff.
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I ran into this before too, I believe I got around it with a User Agent changer… that or a windows 10 VM with 2 cores and 2GB of RAM that ran only Firefox… or you may be able to just press remind me later and suffer little/no consequences
I think it’s just because people that use Linux are generally more technologically inclined and are more likely to try and get around their crappy DRM
Yeah, I can still access it just fine, but the word "Upgrade" didn't make me very happy...
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How tf do you not support an operating system. Like you gotta go out of your way to detect and block the operating system. Like if you put in 0 effort it would probably work but your company really spent money making their product less accessible for no reason.
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