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I like the idea but couldn't this somewhat easily be 'hacked' with a botnet type of thing allowing one crafty person to basically take over and play-call circum
by evo_9 10y ago
I like the idea but couldn't this somewhat easily be 'hacked' with a botnet type of thing allowing one crafty person to basically take over and play-call circumventing the crowd?
Taking it further couldn't this person make poor calls for the opposing team, aka punting on first down... seems like they gloss over the challenge of preventing this type of exploit but maybe it's not as easy as it seems?
- pqhwan 10y agoThe threat of a botnet is something any service that depends on popular vote has to overcome; it'll take engineering and operations effort, but it's not a showstopper. As for the hostile vote exploit, remember that a play is "bad" mostly because it doesn't work well against the opponent's strategy, not because it's inherently bad (if it were, it wouldn't be listed as an option by the team). Making this exploit work requires you to know the results of your team's vote ahead of time. My guess is that it doesn't reveal vote results until after the play, but I haven't used the app so I wouldn't know.
- ctchocula 10y agoThe article mentions that the vote results are only revealed to the coach, who speaks to the QB over the headset to tell him what play he should run. As you surmised, the vote results are revealed to the app users after the play is run. This is also to prevent the opposing defensive coordinator from logging into the app, seeing the results and countering the play.