Poor Poker client Encryption & Security
Author: Paul Jones
Date:25/05/06

For online poker players, trust and security are primary concerns. Knowing that someone cannot easily learn your poker-room password and take your money is important - and let's face it - it helps us sleep at night.

Also of paramount concern is the knowledge that the poker rooms which you play on take steps to prevent your data from being intercepted by third parties (their software developers should maintain professional standards and consider ethics and security in their work as a matter of routine )

Poker companies are happy to tout their SSL and RSA encryption, but how secure is your data REALLY?

Security experts have long acknowledged that you are only as secure as the weakest point in your defenses. You might have bulletproof glass on windows, and walls of steel six inches thick... If you leave the back-door unlocked you are in a vulnerable position nevertheless. That is the case for many of the poker clients in use today.

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