@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 days agoSecret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheatingarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1438arrow-down123 cross-posted to: technology
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 days 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.
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.