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Originally Posted by kavilla49
well in that case, cite your claims as well.
I have made an argument. It holds without citation. You have claimed something (and said I should 'look it up'). Thus, I can ask you to cite your claims. If your claim is correct and easy for me to look up as you told me to do, it should be easy for you to provide a citation, rather than deflect as you just have.
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ive said i am not the best person to ask about these things, that is why i made this post.
however, if u read about the security flaws that Cake and CEREUS had recently with a lack of adequate data encryption, you would have a better understanding. let me see if i can find the thread.
I know about it. It is irrelevant to your claim.
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if the data was non encrypted on the server side as well, it would be possible to have in house superusers or employees scanning the network traffic who could relay hole card information in real time to an outside player using a telephone, messenger, whatever...
You previously claimed that the data was never available at any time. Not that it was stored in an encrypted state.
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let me put it this way, the server knows which cards have been dealt and who holds them, but it does not know what those cards are...make any sense?
No--since if you know which cards have been dealt at the end of the deal, and that none are duplicated, it must know at every stage of the deal which cards have been dealt. Thus, information about who has what cards is available on the server.
Additionally, even if the server just knows what cards have been dealt but not to whom, that is still incredibly valuable information. Percentages of draws are changed significantly, and knowing specific cards aren't out can help--knowing the ace of a suit wasn't dealt makes your K-high flush more valuable.