Now what!! (Party)

froggy527 · #1 10-09-2005, 07:29 AM

After the update by the party software I have to
config my firewall to let it run. After that I log
in and my firewall pops up and says "Party poker client
application is trying to monitor your mouse movements
and keyboard strokes"

I'm pretty sure that it's non of Party's [censored] buisness
what my mouse and keyboard are doing! Anybody else
get this?

jaxUp · #2 10-09-2005, 07:31 AM

yes I did. I you deny it access it still runs fine (I think), but I had to grant it access to cashin/out.

Paxosmotic · #3 10-09-2005, 07:33 AM

Whoa, what? That's very suspicious.

POKhER · #4 10-09-2005, 07:35 AM

thats a cool firewall! what one is it lol?

Interesting... why would they need this?

sammiK7os · #5 10-09-2005, 07:43 AM

Happened to me on Coral about 1 month ago. I thought it was very odd but boyfriend said it was fine (he is a big computer geek), he said it was just so you can chat?

He is not here so I cant say anymore, but I am sure others have done it too and know how to answer better.

POKhER · #6 10-09-2005, 07:47 AM

Nah no need to monitor mouse movements for chat.

Maybe somethign to do with Right clicking for notes? But i see no reason to code it like that.

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froggy527 · #7 10-09-2005, 08:12 AM

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thats a cool firewall! what one is it lol?

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I run Zone Alarm Pro and Black Ice to back that up!
I may email party about this message. I'm sure that if
I get a reply it will be worth a good laugh!

Sciolist · #8 10-09-2005, 08:41 AM

I imagine it's for bot detection

scrapperdog · #9 10-09-2005, 08:49 AM

On pokerstars and paradise they take mouse movements into consideration when generating their random numbers for the cards. Have no clue about party.

Sciolist · #10 10-09-2005, 08:57 AM

Good point, I didn't think of that. I've not had ZA complain about PS before though. I gather that the PS RNG simply takes a sample of the least significant digits in whatever number records these things in the computer, rather than constantly tracks it all though.