That is what I think too but I was just wondering if anyone had ever heard of this software.
Sure, have even seen it offered on sites like eBay, but I think even they removed all 'cheating' offers for any online/computer gaming. And if you buy it, and it doesn't work, what are you going to do? Sue them for selling you software for cheating that didn't work ??
Security is one good reason to stay with reputable online sites like Stars and FT. They spend a lot of time and money providing safe online gaming. Small sites 'could' be a problem, but they don't last long. First word of confirmed cheating, and the customers/players are gone - buh bye. AP and UB are still suffering from their previous scandals.
Here's a portion of the security info from
pokerstars, in full at -
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/room/features/security/
in part...
Security Highlights:
Software Download:
The first point at which security becomes an important factor is when the client software is downloaded from the PokerStars site. We must ensure that the client software is downloaded unmodified. To address this requirement, we built the following features into the download process:
For Internet Explorer the validity of downloaded executable is verified by the browser using our key and Thawte certificate.
For other browsers we use 1024-bit RSA key and a Thawte server certificate to protect our HTTPS web server & download.
Play-time security:
We have a number of built-in features to ensure the security of the game itself.
Our client software uses the certificates issued by our own Certificate Authority (CA) to authenticate our servers
Our CA certificate key is 1024 bit length.
Our client software uses the industry standard SSLv3 protocol. It is configured to use RSA for authentication and key generation and triple-DES (EDE3, in outer-CBC mode) for encryption. Currently we are using 512-bit RSA key, which according to [1] is sufficient for short and medium-term (up to several years) secrets. As we update server private keys every three months, we are secure with a good safety margin. The use of Triple-DES EDE3 for session encryption is considered even safer
No private data, such as pocket cards, is ever transferred to other players.
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If they don't send you the other player's cards, how could ANY program 'read' or display them for you ??