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I have hypothetical friend considering posting MIT. What would happen if he did?
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Re: Hypothetical idea

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Obviously if there are watermarks it's a really dumb idea. I was pretty sure someone would try to remove the watermarks at some point.
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Unome wrote:Obviously if there are watermarks it's a really dumb idea. I was pretty sure someone would try to remove the watermarks at some point.
out of curiosity, what if said person just posted it anyway

would y'all take it down
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Re: Hypothetical idea

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WhatScience? wrote:
Unome wrote:Obviously if there are watermarks it's a really dumb idea. I was pretty sure someone would try to remove the watermarks at some point.
out of curiosity, what if said person just posted it anyway

would y'all take it down
Not sure. I suspect someone would end up reporting it to MIT SO. With watermarks it's easy of course. Without - it's still not too hard to trace the IP address.
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Re: Hypothetical idea

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Unome wrote:
WhatScience? wrote:
Unome wrote:Obviously if there are watermarks it's a really dumb idea. I was pretty sure someone would try to remove the watermarks at some point.
out of curiosity, what if said person just posted it anyway

would y'all take it down
Not sure. I suspect someone would end up reporting it to MIT SO. With watermarks it's easy of course. Without - it's still not too hard to trace the IP address.
It'd be a bold move, to be sure. I almost want to see it tried.
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Re: Hypothetical idea

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EastStroudsburg13 wrote:
Unome wrote:Not sure. I suspect someone would end up reporting it to MIT SO. With watermarks it's easy of course. Without - it's still not too hard to trace the IP address.
It'd be a bold move, to be sure. I almost want to see it tried.
Honestly, I think it'd be funny to see someone so determined to try and do it without getting caught that they just retype out all the tests in their entirety. (This is a stupid idea that I think would be funny; don't actually do that.)

That said, if MIT wants to keep their tests secret because... reasons... that's their prerogative ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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