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"We've already started work on making sure that all future versions of benchmarks we get will come with unique package names." - Anandtech After that Samsung w
by sharpneli 13y ago
"We've already started work on making sure that all future versions of benchmarks we get will come with unique package names." - Anandtech
After that Samsung will just figure out some other identifying feature to recognize the benchmarks. Naturally we might go overboard and do random obfuscation on everything, that might solve the issue for the journalists who use them one off.
However for benchmarks that are published in the Google play store that is impossible, so there is no real way for benchmark developers to 'immunize' their products for this sort of approach.
Disclaimer: I am employed in developing Mobile benchmarks, and our product is something they cheat on. Avoiding devices that cheat is very much in our interest.
- masklinn 13y ago> After that Samsung will just figure out some other identifying feature to recognize the benchmarks. Yep, reminds me of 3DMark2003 when NVidia and ATi "optimized" their drivers by disabling, altering or swapping the benchmark's shaders for their own or less complex versions