Re: Bot detection
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Right, I think just because he didn't respond to chat and played the same speed the whole game. But correct, I figure that is easy to program out of the bot.
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Hooper, there is absolutely no way that you as a player can tell that you are playing against a bot!
To answer your original question... the poker sites use the following techniques (and others not mentioned) in an attempt to counter the use of bots...
1. Pop up dialog boxes requesting user input.
2. Scan of running applications
3. Hard drive scans looking for suspected applications
4. Screen shots transferred back to security for review
5. Code level analysis of suspected application (similar to virus scans)
6. Minor randomization in display locations to throw off screen reading apps
7. Direct contact with creators of questionable applications.
8. Banning of confirmed users
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