Josh and Kurt talk about a database of game cheaters. Cheating in games has many similarities to security problems. Anti cheat rootkits are also terrible. The clever thing however is using statistics to identify cheaters. Statistics don’t lie. Also, we discuss the Pretendo project sitting on a vulnerability for a year, is this ethical? ShowContinue reading “Episode 425 – Video game cheaters, also pretendo”
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Episode 405 – Modding games isn’t cheating and security isn’t fair
Josh and Kurt talk about Capcom claiming modding a game is akin to cheating. The arguments used are fundamentally one of equity vs equality. Humans love to focus on equality instead of equity when we deal with most problems. This is especially true in the world of security. Rather than doing something that has aContinue reading “Episode 405 – Modding games isn’t cheating and security isn’t fair”
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