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Surely you understand how any algorithm (regardless of its nature) that gives the cheater the list of reasons why it spotted cheating will only work for a single iteration before the cheaters adapt, right?


> Surely you understand how any algorithm (regardless of its nature) that gives the cheater the list of reasons why it spotted cheating will only work for a single iteration before the cheaters adapt, right?

This happens anyways, though? Any service that's useful for alternative / shady / illicit purposes is part of a cat/mouse game. Even if you don't tell the $badActors what you're looking for, they'll learn soon enough what you're not looking for just by virtue of their exploitative behavior still working.

I'm a little skeptical of any "we fight bad guys!" effort that can be completely tanked by telling the bad guys how they got caught.


I don’t think there’s anything to indicate they don’t understand this idea. But this misses the point; in their eyes, the lesser evil is to allow those with false positives to call the reasoning into question.




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