The idea is that most cheating will be obvious, so you can block individual users who are polluting the high score table. As Nathan pointed out, though, getting a new Google account is pretty easy, so even that's not terribly effective.
-FM On 9/27/08, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Horst JENS wrote: > >> Somehow i would feel uncomfortable if i had to type in my gmail account >> password just to upload an highscore - even if it's a open-source app. > > What's the reasoning behind requiring a password for > this, anyway? > > As far as I can see, the only threat it protects against > is someone else pretending to be you and giving you > one of their high scores. But that benefits you, not > them! > > To guard against people faking their own high scores, > some kind of cryptographic arrangement is needed, > not passwords. Even then, it's hard to see how you > could prevent someone spoofing the protocol if the > game is open source. > > -- > Greg > >
