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Kabam CAN see the data but don’t really look at it.
They also pay a company to AI the data which is not 100% accurate.

AI is still garbage/great. It’s definitely not in a place for large businesses to be using it for things like this.

Wrong, and wrong.

As far as I am aware, Kabam does not pay a third party to use AI tools within their anti-cheat systems. And I know for a fact that Kabam inspects their operational data when reviewing cheat detection, as I've discussed the specifics of the anti-cheat detection systems with developers involved with anti-cheat operations.

Crashed has also demonstrated on multiple occasions that Kabam's own internal systems record information used to ban cheaters, and that information is reviewable by the developers. There's no AI algorithm doing that.

As far as you are aware?

It’s a third party for sure.
They’re using something like ArcticWolf or CrowdStrike.

I don’t care. Just don’t tell me I’m wrong when I am not.

I say "as far as I'm aware" because I have not talked directly to the client implementation team or the data team about every possible thing they might have done everywhere. My awareness comes from the fact that I've had discussions with the dev team about how their anti-cheat systems work, improvements that might be made to it, and brought potential false positives to them for manual review in a few cases where players were improperly banned.

Also, both Arctic Wolf and Crowdstrike are cyber security vendors. They have no footprint in online gaming anti-cheat technology. I'm aware of Arctic Wolf, they are mostly a SIEM vendor, and they recently bought Cylance, a product I used to work with. We're actually a vendor for Crowdstrike; we recently did a ton of emergency remediation for Crowdstrike when they had their data issue. Absolutely no one who had any idea what they were talking about would mention either Arctic Wolf or Crowdstrike in a conversation about mobile game anti-cheat. There are actual vendors in that space that do that sort of thing, most of which I've discussed using in some form or another with Kabam.

Making up stuff was a mistake. Making up stuff in the area of security to me was a big mistake. Name dropping vendors I actually either know directly or actually work with and represent would be playing chicken with a freight train.

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He is probably a politician. I have worked with and met lots of people in the politics department and dayum, even by their fit and drip, you can tell they rich af. Pro tip- the reason politicians lie so much is because they don't really actually care if they get fired, the money is in their bank account already.

The $2m mega whale in the article I linked to was an appliance store owner. In my experience, business owners comprise a high percentage of gaming whales. They have the money, that revenue stream is relatively stable, they spend all their time making tactical and strategic decisions involving money, and they tend to see their hobbies in a similar light.

Most game players start with the mentality I often see echoed here on the forums: I shouldn’t have to spend, I shouldn’t spend, no one should spend, if I can get away with it I won’t spend, spending more than a small amount is wrong.

That’s not how business owners tend to see things. They tend to see things in terms of: what do I have to do to get what I want, how much will it cost, can I afford it, will I get the return I expect. They are constantly making decisions involving much larger amounts of money, and the idea that you should when it is your company but not when it is your hobby is a completely alien thought to them.

I say that as a business owner who has a similar attitude towards money. I’m not emotional about money. Money is just a means to an end. It is not a special thing that deserves special attention. I often tell people that I spend every dollar I make. I don’t save for retirement, I spend on retirement. I buy my retirement with the money I use to buy investments that will fuel it in the future. All my money is spent on something, it is just a question of what.

Kabam CAN see the data but don’t really look at it.
They also pay a company to AI the data which is not 100% accurate.

AI is still garbage/great. It’s definitely not in a place for large businesses to be using it for things like this.

Wrong, and wrong.

As far as I am aware, Kabam does not pay a third party to use AI tools within their anti-cheat systems. And I know for a fact that Kabam inspects their operational data when reviewing cheat detection, as I've discussed the specifics of the anti-cheat detection systems with developers involved with anti-cheat operations.

Crashed has also demonstrated on multiple occasions that Kabam's own internal systems record information used to ban cheaters, and that information is reviewable by the developers. There's no AI algorithm doing that.

As far as you are aware?

It’s a third party for sure.
They’re using something like ArcticWolf or CrowdStrike.

I don’t care. Just don’t tell me I’m wrong when I am not.

I say "as far as I'm aware" because I have not talked directly to the client implementation team or the data team about every possible thing they might have done everywhere. My awareness comes from the fact that I've had discussions with the dev team about how their anti-cheat systems work, improvements that might be made to it, and brought potential false positives to them for manual review in a few cases where players were improperly banned.

Also, both Arctic Wolf and Crowdstrike are cyber security vendors. They have no footprint in online gaming anti-cheat technology. I'm aware of Arctic Wolf, they are mostly a SIEM vendor, and they recently bought Cylance, a product I used to work with. We're actually a vendor for Crowdstrike; we recently did a ton of emergency remediation for Crowdstrike when they had their data issue. Absolutely no one who had any idea what they were talking about would mention either Arctic Wolf or Crowdstrike in a conversation about mobile game anti-cheat. There are actual vendors in that space that do that sort of thing, most of which I've discussed using in some form or another with Kabam.

Making up stuff was a mistake. Making up stuff in the area of security to me was a big mistake. Name dropping vendors I actually either know directly or actually work with and represent would be playing chicken with a freight train.