Party as Spyware?

[Dan Mezick]

I just saw this on www.PokerProphecy.com.

Who knows more about the following news found on this site?

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NEWS : In light of the recent letters our customers have been receiving regarding Party Poker (and skins) hacking into their computers, we temporarily recommend that people do not purchase our product for Party Poker (there are no problems with Paradise Poker, and if you like, we can transfer your account over to Paradise and credit you $40 towards that service). If this problem persists, we will also transfer all of our customer's accounts over to PokerStars with a $40 credit towards that service. This product will be out within 2-3 weeks. In the meantime, we strongly recommend that you don't use the software version of our product, and uninstall it from your computer (as Party Poker can invade your harddrive). You may optionally, use our web based searches, which appear to be undetectable by the hackers at Party Poker. We suggest you e-mail Party Poker with your displeasure about them invading your privacy. At this point no funds have been confiscated by Party Poker or their skins. This message from us is simply a general warning.

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[TStoneMBD]

well considering that party is not able to detect bots, i have trouble believing that the software contains spyware able to access your computer the way they detail.

however, they can detect the useage of pokeredge so this adds to this story's credibility.

[wacki]

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well considering that party is not able to detect bots

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How do you know this?

[BZ_Zorro]

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well considering that party is not able to detect bots

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How do you know this?

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lol

[TStoneMBD]

theyre not able to detect bots because their bot-catching strategy is to send suspected bots one of those identify the scrambled text and type it up things. unless they are doing a double fake for whatever reason, seems unlikely that they can catch (most) bots.

[Cosimo]

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theyre not able to detect bots because their bot-catching strategy is to send suspected bots one of those identify the scrambled text and type it up things. unless they are doing a double fake for whatever reason, seems unlikely that they can catch (most) bots.

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pff, they're not using Voight-Kampff?

[wacki]

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theyre not able to detect bots because their bot-catching strategy is to send suspected bots one of those identify the scrambled text and type it up things. unless they are doing a double fake for whatever reason, seems unlikely that they can catch (most) bots.

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Ya, I sent a bunch of e-mails to empire and party asking for proof. I got the run around each time. I really don't think they care. It's too bad as I can think of a dozen ways to counter bots. If they ever made online casinos legal in the US laws (and taxed money from the casino) could be used to fight bots instead of Canada reaping all of the profits.

Funny, kind of reminds me of the drug war.

[blaze666]

this looks like a jopke perpertrated by script kiddies.

[kleinstadt1]

They are, but the posters are referring to bots who don't KNOW they're bots.