if you put the chits into an owned tray. then your opponent can't touch them.
________________________________ From: Joel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 11 May, 2009 1:21:06 AM Subject: [CBML] Re: Revealing tactical cards Let's not kid ourselves - the app security would be easy to defeat, if you had a mind to. For example, you could pull all the cards and discards and find out the missing card. But if security is truly a concern, you should use something like ACTS for card/die management. --- In CyberBoardML@ yahoogroups. com, "Karl Kaufman" <krk...@...> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Emrich > > OK...was wonder about the honesty portion...this seems to address that, > thanks. > > Of course, if you're playing against Snidely Whiplash you are still not > assured of an honest turn -- if Snidely initiated the CyberBoard game and, > therefore, has access to the .gbx files for both players. Dastardly Snidely > could be keeping a running gamebox state for both players, using the opponent > gbx file to circumvent whatever protections would normally keep prying eyes > out of your cards. > > CyberBoard would need to provide an alternate or additional, more complex > method for initiating a game and protecting gbx content to secure the > player-specific game files. In the short-term, maybe have some third-party > initiate the game, on your behalf, and email only the associated > player-specific gbx file to each player; or, make sure both players have both > gbx files available, to establish a trust equilibrium. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
