It appears that universities across the world have become more aggressive when it comes to ensuring that students do not cheat when taking tests online. In light of Covid regulations in the past that allowed students to take exams remotely, thus allowing them to outsource the test to paid exam takers, and how these Covid policies are still in place for most universities, they have needed to take extra steps to prevent remote cheating by students. One of these methods is by using stealth software to monitor the academic integrity and honesty of the students. Contract cheating in exams is well known to the universities and their exam developers. Paying someone to take the test for you has proven to be more difficult, but not impossible for the IT guys of the university to check and prove.

These days, the universities use lockdown browsers in face to face exams. Preventing the use of the internet while taking the test. For remote testing, they now keep track of the regular student activity when compared to his geographical location when logging in to take any test. Using an AI, the tracks / clicks of the student during the exam time is traced and assessed. At the end of the trace, a report is then generated and submitted to the professor for all the students that took the test. Making it now quite dangerous to outsource / hire an academic writer to complete any given test for you. This also explains why some universities have a delay in the release of online test results for remote exam tests. IP addresses are checked for location in relation to the actual registered location and IP log history of the students. Where VPN is used or suspected, more advanced digital investigation is required before the release of exam results.

As far as I know, there are 2 known universities in 2 different parts of the world that do this, Miami University in the US and Deakin University in Australia. Who is to say that other universities across the globe are not using the same process when it comes to keeping remote track of their students during exams? Yes, the system has helped both universities to prove not only plagiarism, but also exam outsourcing by their students.I believe other universities across the world also employ these tactics in keeping track of students in-class and remote exam activities.

Be careful when hiring someone to take your test for you. The university may have a system in place to catch you doing it. Your future is not worth it. My suggestion is, take the test personally, regardless of what the results might be for you. Do this for yourself, for your academic integrity. Fail the test if you know you cannot pass it. Retake the test if given a chance. Be honest with yourself, the professor, and the university. Never place your academic integrity on the line because this will endanger your future as a student and future professional. It will be difficult to find another university to accept you as a student when your record includes a reference to proven academic dishonesty.

For those of you who are worried about how the state laws of New York affects the way that you use both company or independent writer services, I strongly urge you to look up the case of State of New York V. Kathleen Sanksniit. The latter owned a term paper company in New York that was ordered to shut down and dissolve by the the state government, as represented by the state attorney general due to proven accusations of misrepresentation and essay mill services.

To those of you unfamiliar with the case, the company was proven to be in violation of N.Y. Exec. Law § 63, subd. 12; Business Corporation Law, § 1101 since it was proven that the only business the company was involved in, as per their company name, was term paper writing. The company aliases Term Papers, Inc., New York City Term Papers, Inc., Term Papers Unlimited of New York, and Term Papers Unlimited New York were all ordered to dissolve upon the end of the trial (if that is the correct term for it).

Alongside this, the companies and its owners, represented by Sanksniit, also violated Subdivision 2 of Section 224 Educ. of the Educational Law that indicates:

No person shall attempt to obtain by fradulent means any diploma, certificate, or any other instrument purporting to confer any literary, scientific, professional or any other degree.

Considered a Misdemeanor, any person who aids and abets in violation of this law will be seen as guilty and face the same penalties as the student. Declaring that "I do not care how the students use the paper I wrote for them" is not an acceptable defense. The mere fact the company or writer knows he (as in default American gender reference) wrote a paper for a student already makes him equally guilty of the crime. Therefore equal penalties are applied.

This is the main reason why a student who buys a paper from any writer or company MUST rewrite the paper that was submitted to them upon ordering. This is also why the writers should advise the students revise the paper prior to submission. A student aware of the law is a protected student. A student will never be aware of these laws on their own.

Paying to have the paper ghost written is considered cheating. Submitting it for a grade is considered Fraud. Both the student and writer, when caught, will be held liable for the offense. This is a violation of N.Y. Educ. Law § 225. Basically, if the writer even has an inkling that the paper may be used in violation of academic law then, he will have assisted the student in gaining a diploma through fraudulent means. The writer knows this will happen once he receives the writing instructions for the paper. Asking the writer to "dumb it down" is evidence of knowing that the student intends to submit the essay for a grade.

In a nutshell, this is what the aforementioned person and company was accused of and had been proven to be in violation of. My advice? Rewrite the essays you buy to make sure you do not run afoul of this law. The companies and writers that blackmail the students in New York are aware of this law and know that they can use it to scare the student into paying for their silence in the long term.

I am not telling anybody not to hire academic writers, they do have their benefits.However, students should be aware of the law they are violating, which the universities will use during the academic trial. The student needs to work around the law and the only effective work around is to NEVER submit the bought essay for a grade. Always rework the paper to erase all trails of paid ghost writing.

My knowledge of the case may be incomplete. I may even have misunderstood some aspects of the case. The law is subject to interpretation, specially for a person without a Law background like myself. If someone has a Law background, that person does not have any excuse to knowingly disregard these laws as an independent writer or academic writing company owner. The basis of the laws do not change. No matter how one spins it, it does not erase the fact that New York Education laws are violated by students and academic writers when they do not clean up their tracks before submitting the paper.

Both the student and the company / writer should be covering their butts. For writers, it is to avoid being accused of aiding in Fraud. For students, it is to avoid potential blackmail in the future by the parties he engaged to ghost write the paper for him.