Privacy concerns aside, a dedicated to chess.com device on an isolated network, the only way this spyware can be used. So this is going to be somewhat expensive and inconvenient for the titled players over there.
Call me cynical but I'm not sure this new Proctor software is *just* about "ensuring fair play"
@QueenRosieMary said in #22:
> Call me cynical but I'm not sure this new Proctor software is *just* about "ensuring fair play"
me too
cookies be like
> Call me cynical but I'm not sure this new Proctor software is *just* about "ensuring fair play"
me too
cookies be like
@glbert said in #19:
> will likely not do all that much to ensure you are playing against a fair player.
On spot. This draconian piece of spyware will prevent no cheating whatsoever and it's insane to me that there are people who think it will.
> will likely not do all that much to ensure you are playing against a fair player.
On spot. This draconian piece of spyware will prevent no cheating whatsoever and it's insane to me that there are people who think it will.
if someone wants to cheat with proctor, one way would be an hdmi duplicator. not sure what the correct term for the device is. but as I understand it, instead of plugging your hdmi cable into your monitor, you plug it into a hdmi duplicator which has 2 outputs, one output plugs into your monitor, the other into a separate PC. you'd need to hide those. that's not too hard. people have things on their desk. the camera can't see through objects.
on the separate pc you run basically ocr type software to scan screenshots of the board and produce pgns, which you feed into an engine. you then use bone conducting ear phones to receive the moves. or anal beads. whatever gets your freak on.
elaborate, but, depending on the stakes, could make sense.
this was one way people cheat at online poker. they have anti cheat malware so instead of installing cheat software on their PC, they use an HDMI duplicator and feed the signal into a second PC.
if you're allowed to run it in a VM, you don't need any of that, you just need software and anal beads.
on the separate pc you run basically ocr type software to scan screenshots of the board and produce pgns, which you feed into an engine. you then use bone conducting ear phones to receive the moves. or anal beads. whatever gets your freak on.
elaborate, but, depending on the stakes, could make sense.
this was one way people cheat at online poker. they have anti cheat malware so instead of installing cheat software on their PC, they use an HDMI duplicator and feed the signal into a second PC.
if you're allowed to run it in a VM, you don't need any of that, you just need software and anal beads.
@cubester1232 said in #24:
> This is why lichess is better
Yeah lichess definitely is. Chess.com=p2w
Btw I dont care about what u said in DM @cubester1232
> This is why lichess is better
Yeah lichess definitely is. Chess.com=p2w
Btw I dont care about what u said in DM @cubester1232
What about a hidden camera + a helper + earphones/beads?
@Former_Player said in #28:
> What about a hidden camera + a helper + earphones/beads?
way cheaper and easier, and some titled players have friends. ;)
in a nutshell, proctor won't stop accusations, suspicions or cheats. but it will give chess.com and the world extra data, make your pc more vulnerable to attacks, make it easier for your identity to be stolen.
> What about a hidden camera + a helper + earphones/beads?
way cheaper and easier, and some titled players have friends. ;)
in a nutshell, proctor won't stop accusations, suspicions or cheats. but it will give chess.com and the world extra data, make your pc more vulnerable to attacks, make it easier for your identity to be stolen.
We cannot fight cheating without a sacrifice, that I would be willing to sacrifice my privacy tells me how much fair chess means to me. At the end it is the online chess world that has to find workable solutions. Anyway it is not about my thoughts but about the kids that learn the game now and they have great chess adventures ahead of them. And those adventures must be as fair as possible...