Cerus Network - For those who still play

[GTDawg]

I agree that their security system definitely needs work if he was able to grab that information. And, if they didn't use industry standards, that is very telling in that they seem to be incompetent and proud of their incompetence.

From that video, he doesn't not seem to imply that it can be done from ANYWHERE. Even though the simple idea of it being done is disconcerting. He seems to imply that there is some level of location needed to get the information (as opposed to anyone grabbing the information from their living room about any person playing the game).

But, again, he isn't capturing another person's hole cards. He is just grabbing his own.

While I find the ability to grab the information and produce a usable result bad, I'd say that being able to find the opponent's hole cards from a remote location to be far higher on the exploitation list of bad things that can happen.

But, again, he implies that you can grab a person's account information which would be far and away the most egregious problem surrounding this situation. Far more than gaining an advantage through knowing someone's cards.

[Windbreaker]

You are way too fixated on the own hole cards. He is proving that ppl playing on unprotected network, other ppl can obtain their hole card information due to the weak encryption on the Cerus Network.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

The reason he was only seeing his hole cards was that he was the one playing on the computer. If there was another player on the network that his software was monitoring (next door neighbor, for example) he could have been seeing them as well.

While what he was showing is still probably not allowed by Cereus, it is not illegal as it was his account, his network, and his player id he was hacking. If he had shown his software hacking other accounts there would be knocks on the door soon after... if there weren't already ("It's Annie Duke, WTF!")