[Catalog-sig] Gaming the PyPI vote

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Sat Nov 14 16:34:28 CET 2009


Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Not bizarre at all, practical. Without authenticated votes, gaming the 
> system goes from technically challenging to simple enough anyone can do 
> it. 

Yes, registering multiple email email addresses at 
gmail/hotmail/yahoo/etc and knowing how to clear cookies on your browser 
is very technically challenging ;-)

Chris

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