HN has a lot of very clever people. Solving online game cheating is a billion dollar business.
The existence of an incentive does not guarantee the existence of a solution.
> HN has a lot of very clever people.
From the way people are talking about this issue (in this and the other thread) I don’t think any solution is going to come from HN commenters. Most of the people here are thinking about the problem from first principles and generating ideas that either:
- haven’t worked in over a decade because cheaters have workarounds
- overestimate the capabilities of AI or statistical methods
- underestimate cheaters or contain false assumptions about how cheaters think/behave
- underestimate how many people are demanding a solution to this and what kinds of strictures they’re willing to accept
- underestimate the backlash in store for any solution that isn’t 100% correct
It’s not like the incumbents are dummies. They’re constantly thinking about this from all angles and are willing to try anything.
There being a market for something is necessary, but not sufficient for commercial success. That something also needs to be possible.
"Source: I am one =)"-type comment
With enough effort, all software can be virtualized, and whether the defender's effort can even theoretically be scaled more easily than the attacker's is an open question.
how does that defeat cheats?