Honorlock Live Proctor: What They Can (and Can't) See
TL;DR
The Honorlock live proctor sees your webcam, your microphone audio, and your screen recording — the same three feeds the AI uses. They can ask you to scan the room. They cannot see OS-level system overlays that the screen-capture API filters out.
Honorlock's defining feature is the on-demand human proctor. When AI flags your behavior, a real person joins your session, often within a minute. Most students don't realize this until the proctor appears.
What the live proctor has access to
Live webcam feed. Live microphone audio. Live screen capture, the same one being recorded. The ability to message you, request you scan the room with your webcam, request you show your ID again.
What they cannot see
Anything outside the camera frame. Anything excluded from the screen-capture API at the OS level. They watch the same feed the AI watches — if it isn't in that feed, the proctor can't see it.
Common live-proctor interventions
Asking you to lift your laptop and show the desk surface. Asking you to scan behind the monitor. Asking why your eyes moved off-screen. None of these expose an on-screen overlay because the overlay isn't in any camera frame — it's on the screen, which the proctor sees through the screen capture that already excludes it.
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How fast does a live proctor join?
Usually within 30–90 seconds of an AI flag.
Can the live proctor remotely view my desktop?
Through the screen capture, yes — but only what the capture itself contains. They can't reach into your machine and inspect processes or files.
Will Lockdownify get me caught?
No. Lockdownify is filtered out of every screen-capture pipeline at the operating-system level — before a single pixel is ever encoded. LockDown Browser, Honorlock, Proctorio, Zoom, Teams, and Meet all read the same OS frame buffer, and Lockdownify is excluded from it. We re-test against every major proctoring tool weekly. If you ever do get flagged, we refund your subscription and reimburse the exam fee.
What platforms does Lockdownify support?
macOS 13 Ventura and later, and Windows 10 and 11. Both desktop apps ship today.
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