Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSecret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheatingarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down124 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1409arrow-down1external-linkSecret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheatingarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square103fedilink cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThey did that here too, but students would use a cheat program that made it look like teachers were resetting it, but really the memory was safe
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoI don’t remember if they fully closed the loopholes, but there are inputs that programs cannot catch unless you actually replace the OS.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoMy memory is pretty hazy but the cheat application emulated the process that teachers used to do a system reset. Iirc, it let you press menu, select reset, confirm, and showed the (fake) confirmation screen. Also IIRC, you had to install it from Mirage OS, which I don’t think was an OS (?) but rather an app that everyone had to play games from.
They did that here too, but students would use a cheat program that made it look like teachers were resetting it, but really the memory was safe
I don’t remember if they fully closed the loopholes, but there are inputs that programs cannot catch unless you actually replace the OS.
My memory is pretty hazy but the cheat application emulated the process that teachers used to do a system reset.
Iirc, it let you press menu, select reset, confirm, and showed the (fake) confirmation screen.
Also IIRC, you had to install it from Mirage OS, which I don’t think was an OS (?) but rather an app that everyone had to play games from.