Honestly, even if Cypher does forward his so found "loopholes" to Blizzard, I doubt they will take the time to look into something sent by a non-blizzard employee. I don't use WoWMimic, I couldn't care less what Cypher does.
Honestly, even if Cypher does forward his so found "loopholes" to Blizzard, I doubt they will take the time to look into something sent by a non-blizzard employee. I don't use WoWMimic, I couldn't care less what Cypher does.
Last edited by Robske; 05-18-2009 at 02:31 AM.
"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." - Martin Golding
"I cried a little earlier when I had to poop" - Sku
What I'm unclear about is whats the point of this crusade when you, Cypher, know fully well that Mimic was made in china, by chinese devs.
Juju getting his source leaked on MMowned was "ok" because he was a douche. Brandon being a douche is something I dont contest, but what does that have to do with the entire Mimic clientele? You *know* he's just a reseller, and you *know* there are quite a few other resellers out there.
Going after Mimic (and thousands of its customers) just to get back at some a-hole that happens to resell them sounds... backwards and wrong.
Technically Cypher can do as he pleases with the information he has. He has (probably) worked hard to be able to understand so much coding and have such a vast background full of experience. Who are we to tell him what is right and wrong? In Blizzards eyes, if he turned in the information he has, he would be doing the right thing here. However, the botting community that uses WoWMimic would be sorely disappointed in him. There are ALWAYS two sides to every story.
@Moji:
I dont think anyone was doubting Cyphers skill. However, it *IS* wrong to screw over thousands of people by mailing blizzard instructions on how to get them all caught botting. How are there two sides to that coin?
Again: Hurting Brandon - OK. Hurting thousands of Mimic clients whos only wrongdoing was buying Mimic - Not OK.
@Galpha
Cypher isnt helping them fix holes, he's mailing blizzard information on how to catch them. Furthermore, if he wanted to help, he'd not be posting these threads on public forums and his blog.
Full disclosure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Full disclosure of the vulnerabilities will either make Mimic do better or make them stop selling. But, make no mistake, to hide the vulnerabilities from the public would not help the users at all.
The mimic devs can just stop lying about detection and former detections.