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I had signed up for classes. The university decided to use token 2 auth, so they need your phone number. They need a personal contact in case something goes wrong. They need your address for sending non existent mail to. I tried one of their classes, and their anti cheat system involves having an indian guy looking at you by camera whilst you take the test, and locking your machine. Had to end up using a virtual machine so i could at least ensure their software didn't end up installing a bunch of crap. And people just accept this shit, its so frustrating

I had signed up for classes. The university decided to use token 2 auth, so they need your phone number. They need a personal contact in case something goes wrong. They need your address for sending non existent mail to. I tried one of their classes, and their anti cheat system involves having an indian guy looking at you by camera whilst you take the test, and locking your machine. Had to end up using a virtual machine so i could at least ensure their software didn't end up installing a bunch of crap. And people just accept this shit, its so frustrating

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Only to an extent. The main point of college/uni is getting connections. These are two I'd agree with though. Unless you have people to practice with in both cases, you're kinda fucked in practice. But if it's something you could easily do on your own, like being an engineer, where you could benefit from your own work all the way down the line and never exactly need someone, you're better off self-teaching, even if it takes a few more years to get the gist of all of the advanced stuff.