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title: Drones used to deter exam cheating? Real or Fake?
description: Several news sources are reporting that a college in Belgium is experimenting with the use of drones to monitor students during exams. However the video description on youtube states this is a hoax.
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# [Drones used to deter exam cheating? Real or Fake?](https://www.proctorfree.com/news/college-uses-drones-deter-exam-cheating-real-hoax)

 Written by [Mike Murphy](https://www.proctorfree.com/news/author/mike-murphy) | Jan 14, 2014 5:00:00 AM

Just Kidding, kind of. This is being reported as a real story by several [news sources](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/drones-monitor-test-taking-students-article-1.1577723) but the description of the [YouTube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ht1moFu--Y#t=17) describes this as a hoax put on by a specific department within the school. It seems a little far fetched that a school would be comfortable going to the farthest end of the technology spectrum and pay for [drones](http://www.dji.com/) to be used in a classroom.

We’ll let you decide for yourself and we’re confident the news cycle will eventually correct itself. We can’t imagine students would be comfortable testing with a remote controlled drone overhead.

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