#19
That system is completely useless.
It's like reverse music DRM. I generate the data so I can manipulate it. Instead of plugging your mouse in you just feed it data that is consistent with the manipulated packets. There are only two was to prevent that:
1. A tamper-proof mouse with authentification and that's not going to happen or
2. trusted supervision (e.g. LAN) and in that case and in that case the hardware becomes unnecessary.
About releasing evidence:
Who could benefit from it?
- All players not involved can't. No benefit.
- All cheaters with similar cheats are taught how to avoid detection. Bad.
- The AC team gets flooded with "proof" that x didn't cheat. No benefit if the AC team ignores it, bad if they have to look at it because it increases the workload significantly.
The only way a person could benefit is if:
1. X got wrongfully banned.
2. Y believes that person X got wrongfully banned.
3. Y is more knowledgable than the whole AC team combined.
4. Y has enough time to proof that the AC teams proof is wrong.
5. The AC team trusts Y more than themselves or Y's counter proof is so comprehensive and logical that they have to admit that they made a mistake.
6. Y isn't already on the AC team.
Even though Y would be a god-like AC admin, because they cared so much about anti cheat that they learned everything about it, they didn't care at all to help and join the AC team until person X got banned.
7. How did Y gain their reputation if they didn't do anything for AC so far (see 5)
8. Why did Y only start caring after X got banned?
Conclusion:
Y actually doesn't know shit about AC, Y is just another random friend of X who is 174% sure that X didn't cheat and 235% sure that they know all about AC. There will be dozens of people who think they are Y and bombard the AC team with messages. Meanwhile cheaters now have an easier time avoiding detection, the AC team is busy with the bullshit messages and can't focus on catching cheaters.
Result:
AC team mad and busy.
Friends of X still mad if not even more mad.
Cheaters are now less likely to be caught.
That's three reason totally in favor of releasing evidence.