How Honorlock Detects Activity Technical Breakdown

Honorlock uses a Chrome extension combined with AI-powered behavior analysis to detect potential violations during online exams. Understanding its technical detection methods is essential.

Honorlock's Chrome extension captures screen content via standard browser capture APIs, all of which route through macOS screen capture under the hood. It also monitors browser tabs, extensions, and network activity. Honorlock's AI analyzes eye movement patterns, audio for additional voices, and phone detection via webcam. For screen monitoring specifically, Honorlock relies on browser-level APIs that honor macOS window-privacy mechanisms. Fracture operates at the system level with that privacy flag set, so Honorlock screen capture does not see the overlay.