Almost every student has his or her own share of stories about cheating. It may be something you seldom do, or something you do all the time, it's all part of a student life, but that was before education went online. Now that people can just take online classes, it is difficult to imagine how it won't be possible for students not to cheat. There's going to be no watchful eyes of a professor to overseer if students cheat by sharing their identities and allow digital cheaters to take their online classes in their place.
In order to take control of the situation, many technological measures are being developed to catch cheaters, and according to Forbes, there already is a company working on a technology to catch cheating attempts. While these may not entirely eliminate the chances of some students doing online cheating, here are some risks you need to be aware of.
Online cheating services require a lot of your information
According to US News, it is difficult to predict what these cheating services may do with your personal information and you will never know. They might be assuming your online identity and become a victim of identity theft. Most of these services will ask for pertinent information including your birthday, Social Security numbers, addresses, passwords and others.
They might use your information to apply for students' financial aid
According to the report by the Department of Education, a total of $187 million was lost in federal student aid funds because identity thieves are collecting financial aid while pretending to be online students.
You might face severe consequences if caught
The possible penalties you might face if you get caught include failure from the class, expulsion and tuition repayment.
