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Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating::Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table.

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like how they bring up the high profile instance of an accused cheater, spend most of the article explaining that someone hacked the camera in the Deckmate 2 by putting a usb stick in the unsecured port, and then slip in as an aside that the game in question used the Deckmate 1, which doesn't have an internal camera or a usb port.

[–] DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for pointing that out. It seems that OP is a bot who posts poor articles. Blocked.

[–] nero@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why is there a camera inside the shuffling machine

Nvm, it’s in the article:

They found that the Deckmate 2 also has an internal camera designed to ensure that every card is present in the deck, and that they could gain access to that camera to learn the entire order of the deck in real time, sending the results from their small hacking device via Bluetooth to a nearby phone, potentially held by a partner who then could then send coded signals to the cheating player.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The main question should be: Why is there an internal camera in a deck shuffler in the first place?

[–] laxe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s described in the article and there’s also a comment quoting that portion from the article.

[–] protput@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

You are underestimating my level of laziness.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

For tournaments like this, do the players get to choose between machine-dealt and hand-dealt decks?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I mean, this was like, crappy house game level of a bad all in on Robbi's part.

Its just more insane the number of times you rewatch the whole play. Nothing she's saying makes sense.