Re:Data stream hack gets UCI world championship qualifier ba...
by dylan604 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @02:06PM
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So let's say someone takes your suggestion to do so they become a better cheater. What the next move in the cat and mouse game to catch the cheat you just designed? To be a good cheater, you should be thinking in these kinds of terms. If you can think of a cheat, but not how to get caught, you'll not be a good cheater. If you can think of a cheat, then realize how it can be caught, then modify the cheat, think of how to beat that, lather/rinse/repeat, you'll probably be a really good cheat. At that point though, I think you could be a better use to society doing something else with that critical thinking. So unless there's a bunch of money involved, it probably won't be attracting the brightest.
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Re:Data stream hack gets UCI world championship qualifier ba...
by mlyle on Thursday December 08, 2022 @02:56PM
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It's not exactly rocket science to spend a few minutes thinking about how to make your cheating look just like an athlete who is marginally better than the rest of the field.
Re:Data stream hack gets UCI world championship qualifier ba...
by nradov on Thursday December 08, 2022 @06:51PM
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It's an ego thing. People love to win even when there's no prize money.
I'm a casual triathlete and it's an open secret that many of the top age group competitors are doping. In particular a lot of the older men are on TRT without having an approved therapeutic use exception. The race organizers do little or no testing because it's expensive and they don't want to piss off customers.