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Originally Posted by iopq
UB/AP already did this, so why are you bringing it up now? Their software wasn't even open source
No it was a totally different situation entirely.
Don't misunderstand me: I understand that there have been major breaches in poker security. OP brings up some good examples. I can see good benefits to OSS in terms of peer-reviewed security.
But the point I'm making is open-sourcing the client interaction with the server and poses a big security risk: not security in terms of 'hacking the hole cards', but in terms of 'preventing botting and collusion, and use of prohibited programs'.
And there is a larger problem that opening up the server and allowing client poker sites (skins) to run their own business makes it especially easy for rogue skins to set up on the network.
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Originally Posted by reverie
Whilst I'm not saying that can't be the case, consider this. If that 80:20 ratio is close to the truth for pokerstars, what effect would zero rake have?
I was responding to someone who was stating as fact it would be a 50:50 split if you remove the rake, which is incorrect, so I was correcting him.