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Exposing Critical Vulnerabilities in CBSE's On-Screen Marking Portal

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Re: Exposing Critical Vulnerabilities in CBSE's On-Screen Marking Portal

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Post by random_ind_dude »

darth_avocado wrote: post #8
random_ind_dude wrote: post #5

India's education sector is a real shit-show. The rot starts at the bottom: students that resort to cheating, the endless question paper leaks of national level examinations, and curricula that are stuck in the past. All these lead to the problem that affects the country's economic and social development: a lack of foundational research in frontier science and technology, where the country is always a follower and ne…

> rot starts at the bottom: students that resort to cheating, the endless question paper leaks of national level examinations, and curricula that are stuck in the past. All these lead to the problem that affects the country's economic and social development What you’re mentioning is purely the results of an economic system that incentivizes everyone to behave in a certain way. Upward mobility is non existent for a bi…

The system doesn't exist independent of the people. If those who are harmed do not punish the offenders, the offenders will see no reason to change their behaviour.

Re: Exposing Critical Vulnerabilities in CBSE's On-Screen Marking Portal

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Post by darth_avocado »

random_ind_dude wrote: post #11
darth_avocado wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> rot starts at the bottom: students that resort to cheating, the endless question paper leaks of national level examinations, and curricula that are stuck in the past. All these lead to the problem that affects the country's economic and social development What you’re mentioning is purely the results of an economic system that incentivizes everyone to behave in a certain way. Upward mobility is non existent for a bi…

The system doesn't exist independent of the people. If those who are harmed do not punish the offenders, the offenders will see no reason to change their behaviour.

You’re putting too much agency into people that have very little or none. It’s easy to dismiss everything as “people are part of the system” but institutions are difficult to change in a democracy. You can riot in the streets, vote out a government and replace the people in charge, but the institutions in place will remain in place. The only way to fix it is to have elected representatives do their jobs, and you know how that turns out.

Re: Exposing Critical Vulnerabilities in CBSE's On-Screen Marking Portal

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Post by random_ind_dude »

darth_avocado wrote: post #12
random_ind_dude wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The system doesn't exist independent of the people. If those who are harmed do not punish the offenders, the offenders will see no reason to change their behaviour.

You’re putting too much agency into people that have very little or none. It’s easy to dismiss everything as “people are part of the system” but institutions are difficult to change in a democracy. You can riot in the streets, vote out a government and replace the people in charge, but the institutions in place will remain in place. The only way to fix it is to have elected representatives do their jobs, and you know…

They do have the power to change things. Institutions can be made more accountable. The people just chose the option to continue with the status quo.

Re: Exposing Critical Vulnerabilities in CBSE's On-Screen Marking Portal

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Post by crossroadsguy »

triceratops wrote: post #10

Big oof. A master password shipped in client-side JS. A fake OTP authentication process - "the server sends the OTP back...and the [client code] compares what you typed against that value locally before letting you through" And it gets worse after that.

These are features in our land of the brave.

Re: Exposing Critical Vulnerabilities in CBSE's On-Screen Marking Portal

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Post by crossroadsguy »

albert_e wrote: post #7
albert_e wrote: post #6

Denials already issued Counter claims too https://x.com/ni5arga/status/2059280940044800050

It gets better (worse?) https://x.com/ni5arga/status/2059289355525767557?s=20

While we are at it I shall share another masterstroke by the CBSE https://x.com/SiddharthKG7/status/2059189433170325530
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