Episode 425 - Video game cheaters, also pretendo

Josh and Kurt talk about a database of game cheaters. Cheating in games has many similarities to security problems. Anti cheat rootkits are also terrible. The clever thing however is using statistics to identify cheaters. Statistics don't lie. Also, we discuss the Pretendo project sitting on a vulnerability for a year, is this ethical? Show Notes Hacker News searchable database Benford's law John Oliver Medicaid Mario64 invisible walls Pretendo Pretendo exploit

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