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"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.
Most money moves because a retarded manager/executive has a retarded idea, I'm sure of it.
Also kickbacks, don't forget the kickbacks
This is why I just suck it up and go to a testing center even though more often than not it’s unpleasant too. I’m not installing all their tools and having to clear an entire room so there’s nothing that can be seen is such a hassle.
Their deliberate word choice of “upgrade” to supported operating system is mildly infuriating.
They probably assume you are running something like Windows 7
Uhh
Your operating system, Linux, is not supported…
Right, but that could still be given dynamically by a library as "one of the unsupported ones", getOSName(). They still might not have hard-coded "Linux is bad".
They know which operating system you use based on the user agent, so they know it's Linux.
Which will be "If not Windows 11 or Mac os then report os string". I don't think they specifically took the time to research different OS's and list them.
They're probably using a third party library to do user agent detection. I doubt anyone ever tested their code on Linux in the first place. They're probably writing code like "if Windows version >= 10 or macOS version >= 10.14 or Android version > 10 or iOS version > 14" and Linux just happens to fall through because it has none of those versions.
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...
Very true, I too would consider Microsoft’s spyware a massive downgrade
The most infuriating part is that they call it an "upgrade"
Yeah I go from an OS that I know how to use up and down to an ad riddled bloated piece of garbage. Thanks!
"Upgrading" to a supported operating system.... "Upgrading".
Yeah, that was also what got into my nerves.
I had this problem over 10 years ago. change your user-agent, problem solved.
they do it because they are regulations for educational software that must be met, like specific access requirements in order to be used in accredited courses.
it's not anything specifically against Linux, it's that they can't test and validate those access requirements for anything outside Windows due to organizational limitations.
source: I worked for colleges early in my career that used Pearson then worked for a vendor that managed infrastructure and project management for Pearson. they aren't unique, their competition is just as fucked as they are. most still use waterfall because upper mgmt is old and refuses to adapt.
My bank does this too. I also just change the user agent to switch and it works with no issues.
At this point it just seems silly that they even want to go out of their way to Prohibit Linux users
They're under a class-action lawsuit currently for using biometric data in a US state where it's illegal. Just kinda interesting. https://www.bipatestsettlement.com/Home/FAQ
I had a course where the teacher basically said you would have a hard time passing if you did not have a windows laptop because it was the only OS that worked well with their program.
The program was Excel workbooks
"Upgrade"? Every other option is a downgrade. Sue them for false advertisement.
Its comical that in the last 25 years Linux has gone from a nerd-only tool to something that a 10 year old can install on an air-fryer and still we deal with this bs
What "Key features" from an educational course could possibly require windows? It's spying on you.
They just don't want to support it to save dev time/money
Oh yes, the very expensive Dev time cost of zero, because it is a fucking website.
Very loose interpretation of the word "upgrade" they're employing here..
I had that problem. I changed my ua to Edge on Windows, and the message went away. Everything worked.
Pearson has an effective monopoly on teacher certification tests. I don’t understand why private companies get to make up so many of the rules.
This is like the Apple Business website, which only works in Safari, according to them. Used the User-Agent Switcher plugin, and the website/dashboard works just fine on Firefox in Linux.
Our website runs on a linux server, can you not use it though
The funny thing is that their server is probably running on Linux.
they aren't all. vast majority is Windows Server and IBM.
edit: because people seem confused. I'm talking about Pearson directly, not global OS stats.
chill tf out Linux weebs. I'm one of you.
"Upgrade?" "UPGRADE?!" Oh no they didn't.
Seriously, though, there may well be ways around this without switching your OS. If it's browser-based, the first thing I'd try is a user-agent switcher.
Though, actually, does that "remind me later" option work? It does look kindof grayed out, but it couldn't hurt to try a click.
Damn! If only we had some sort of technology that was OS independent and served as a way to view content and run code written for it without having to recompile for every platform.
I am of course talking about web browsers. Which I'm betting this screenshot is from.
I had that too, closed the popup and never ran into anything even mildly broken during the entire course. Aside from the popup they don't seem to be actively sabotaging Linux users, and it's a website, so it's gonna work pretty much identically on any OS as long as you're using a common browser.
That said, they should definitely phrase the message more like "Your OS isn't supported, so don't expect help from us if something Linux-specific breaks our page" than "You need to get a different OS."
Just had to deal with this last semester. Get a user agent switcher plugin and change your OS to windows, it should work for everything but proctored tests. You'll likely have to go in person for those
"Upgrade"
LOL
That kind of fuckery drove me off a company-sponsored training course.
Bonus points if it's a Linux course
Change User-Agent
Pearson: Please come in!
upgrade to a supported operating system
What are the options? Let me guess, Micro$oft Windows or Windows
Use Librewolf or a plugin that masks your user agent for privacy purposes; hides your OS so you can't be fingerprinted so easily.
bro, my math and calc professor made us use this for our course despite the fact that our college really wants profs to stop using 3rd party sites like these and just use Brightspace.
It was like $100 CAD too. And it's a fucking WEBSITE. Why is windows required? Do you need to ring 0 access so I can solve a derivative or something????