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The poker grapevine – AP and UB step up security
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-12-05 08:57
UB and Absolute Poker, two of the
online poker websites which took quite a bit of flak a couple of years ago for their poor management of security, which resulted in several cheating scandals involving some of the world's highest profile professional players, have apparently taken the lead in the ongoing arms race between would-be cheaters and online poker operations, through the introduction of special security tokens. These tokens are actual physical devices which generate a random code. That code then needs to be fed into the login interface, together with the player’s username and password. If the right username and password combination does not come with the random code generated by the given the player’s security token, access is denied. What this means is that player accounts will be safe even when their username/password combinations are compromised.
Security tokens are not yet compulsory for AP and
UB players. They can be purchased via the two sites’ loyalty reward shops.
In other news: there is little surprise in the fact that
Titan poker has taken the French online poker market into its crosshairs. Titan has always been a preferred destination for French players, anybody who's played there over the past few years can attest that. The new Titan.fr operation will operate on the French market legally this time, having been granted a license by the French Regulatory Authority of Online Games. French players who had been driven off Titan’s servers will probably be glad to learn that they’ll be allowed to return to their favorite cash games and SNG's without having to look over their shoulders again.
Apparently, those looking to acquire a WSOP bracelet are better off logging on to eBay.com than registering for one of the actual events. After Peter Eastgate's 2009 Main Event bracelet got sold, another piece of WSOP history is now available for purchase: this piece of jewelry is Hassan Kamoei’s 1999 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha bracelet.
