alt Hacker NewsYou have not proven the key really is on the server. From a game-theory point of view I have no reason to believe it is there, and thus no reason to attack.
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echoangle • yesterday at 10:11 PM
Shouldn’t the expected value of attempting this somehow include the likelihood of the key actually being on the machine? Surely the probability is much higher than 0? I would guess the expected value for actually being the first one is around $300, not 0
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zulban • yesterday at 9:57 PM
You may need to brush up on your game theory. It's worth it to spend $1 for a 1% chance to win a million dollars. You don't need to be certain the key is there for it to be worth it to do a supposedly trivial exploit.
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v3ai • yesterday at 9:56 PM
what a pedantic way to look at the world
Not sure that logic really holds up. If the cost of trying is low, why wouldn't you?