[steve2005]

johnu, on 2018-April-06, 17:38, said:

Is your solution to do nothing because it is so easy to get a new account?

No, I didn't suggest a solution.

[rhm]

barmar, on 2018-February-15, 09:43, said:

If you suspect cheating on BBO, report it to abuse@bridgebase.com. Even with names changed, it's inappropriate here.

Why?
Maybe because you do not like it that somebody tells publicly how easy it is to cheat on BBO and that abuse@bridgebase.com has practically no real means of stopping it?

Rainer Herrmann

[barmar]

rhm, on 2018-April-10, 04:27, said:

Why?
Maybe because you do not like it that somebody tells publicly how easy it is to cheat on BBO and that abuse@bridgebase.com has practically no real means of stopping it?

You'd have to be an idiot not to see how easy it is, why would we care if someone publicizes it?

The reason is that cheating accusations are among the most serious subjects in bridge. They should be handled privately, not in public.

Stopping it is hard, but it's even harder if the appropriate people aren't even in the loop. Posting here is basically just venting, and potentially accusing an innocent, with nothing constructive resulting.

[pigpenz]

I guess they could add something that allows one to see what the ips are for the people.
a lot of login boards shows peoples ips.

[barmar]

pigpenz, on 2018-April-18, 10:20, said:

I guess they could add something that allows one to see what the ips are for the people.
a lot of login boards shows peoples ips.

We intentionally don't show this, because it will likely cause many false accusations. Many family members play together on BBO, and they'll have the same IP even if they're in different rooms.

Our cheating investigators have access to this information, and will take it into consideration.