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If anti-cheat through obscurity worked, there would be no cheaters. The fact that cheaters exist means it does not work.
by freehunter 6y ago
If anti-cheat through obscurity worked, there would be no cheaters. The fact that cheaters exist means it does not work.
- streb-lo 6y agoYour logic does not follow. There are certainly less cheaters than if there were no anti-cheat methods. To use OP's example, an open source urine testing procedure would be trivial to game. The same thing goes for open-source multiplayer games.
- ashtonkem 6y agoThis is an all or nothing fallacy; the standard is not 100% success. It’s bit like saying “all locks can be picked, therefore they’re useless”.
- freehunter 6y agoThat’s not what we’re discussing though. We’re discussing if anti-cheat through obscurity works, and I’m saying if it did there would be no cheaters. Instead companies have to build technology solutions that also don’t work 100% but that’s beside the point.
- what_ever 6y agoWhat next - if philanthropy worked there would not be any poverty in the world. So let's stop all philanthropic actions.