General Game Center hackers are ruining it for the rest of us

.Asa · Jan 16, 2013

Most iOS gamers have probably experienced this:

You just got an awesome insanely high score. For example, 1100 in friut ninja arcade mode. You go to Game Center to see how you rank. What's this?!? Dozens of people who achieved a score of exactly 9,223,372,036,854,775,807, and hundreds (if not thousands) more who have scores way up in the hundred millions - billions!! These are the HACKERS who ruin the whole Game Center experience for us honest people.

I hold ranks among the top few hundred in a few games, and guess what? Most of those few hundred above me are impossibly high scores from hackers!

I know Apple is perfectly aware of the issue. But they don't do anything about it! Hopefully they will soon?

(I'm sorry if I got a little angry)

NT1440 · Jan 16, 2013

First, you don't know if its "hackers" or someone who has found a trick in a game.

Second, its a game, I sincerely hope your wellbeing doesn't rest of getting a higher score in something that doesn't matter than someone else.

.Asa · Jan 16, 2013

NT1440 said:
First, you don't know if its "hackers" or someone who has found a trick in a game.

First, yes it is hackers; I see the same names with the same scores in many different leaderboards. It's not even that hard to hack on jailbroken device.

Second, my overall wellbeing does not rest on high scores. Only the wellbeing of the competitive competitive gamer in me.

NT1440 · Jan 16, 2013

.Asa said:
First, yes it is hackers; I see the same names with the same scores in many different leaderboards. It's not even that hard to hack on jailbroken device.

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Please tell me how jailbreaking now magically allows someone to decompile an app, find a security hole, exploit it, then rack up high scores in games.

It doesn't.

roxxette · Jan 16, 2013

NT1440 said:
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Please tell me how jailbreaking now magically allows someone to decompile an app, find a security hole, exploit it, then rack up high scores in games.

It doesn't.

iOS game hacks are not something obscure mate

Theres fair big scene about it.

aziatiklover · Jan 16, 2013

NT1440 said:
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Please tell me how jailbreaking now magically allows someone to decompile an app, find a security hole, exploit it, then rack up high scores in games.

It doesn't.

Yes game center hack haz been out there for couple years now and still out here! Have you been under a rock or something bro?

NT1440 · Jan 16, 2013

roxxette said:
YouTube: video

iOS game hacks are not something obscure mate

Theres fair big scene about it.

Where exactly was there a hack in that?

If you find a bug in a game, thats not by its very definition a hack.

aziatiklover · Jan 16, 2013

NT1440 said:
Where exactly was there a hack in that?

If you find a bug in a game, thats not by its very definition a hack.

Nuff say!

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/01/14/iphone-hack-fake-game-center-scores/

NT1440 · Jan 16, 2013

aziatiklover said:
Nuff say!

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/01/14/iphone-hack-fake-game-center-scores/

Ah, so relying on others to do the work is now considered "hacking" and not merely being a consumer. Got it.

OP, the word your looking to describe these people is not "hackers", its "losers", and they can definitely be frustrating

aziatiklover · Jan 16, 2013

NT1440 said:
Ah, so relying on others to do the work is now considered "hacking" and not merely being a consumer. Got it.

OP, the word your looking to describe these people is not "hackers", its "losers", and they can definitely be frustrating

Hacking is hacking no matter what! Anyways, back to my rock bro!

and welcome to 2013!

roxxette · Jan 16, 2013

NT1440 said:
Where exactly was there a hack in that?

If you find a bug in a game, thats not by its very definition a hack.

Get a grip mate its a modded ver. of the game, just check youtube or google

you will find plenty of options.

pickaxe · Jan 17, 2013

NT1440 said:
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Please tell me how jailbreaking now magically allows someone to decompile an app, find a security hole, exploit it, then rack up high scores in games.

It doesn't.

Are you serious? You don't need to hack every game individually, just the protocol that sends the scores to Game Center.

NT1440 · Jan 17, 2013

pickaxe said:
Are you serious? You don't need to hack every game individually, just the protocol that sends the scores to Game Center.

Thats all the definition I was looking for

GreyOS · Jan 17, 2013

yeah, just a few searches on google will fill you in. a lot of these scores are the max numbers, e.g. for a 64 bit integer (9223372036854775807). they are just putting in the biggest number the server will hold.

i too find it frustrating. it is such blatant cheating.

i hate the attitude NT1440 displays. we don't need someone to come in and tell us that games "don't matter". there is nothing wrong with wanting to compare your score with other genuine scores. go away if you don't care.

Squilly · Jan 17, 2013

Really, all it is is 13 year-old's always wanting to win, whether it's the moral way or not. Hackers are everywhere, it sucks, but forget about them.

PJ. · Jan 17, 2013

I have reported the same person time after time so either Apple can't be bothered or don't know how to deal with it. Either way they are sad thinking it is an achievement.

PJ

Redjericho · Jan 20, 2013

It's dumb, I know. And it is extremely easy on some apps, I even did it on accident one time!

To get around it I have just started adding every single person on game center that I can find. I add them, then I go to their friends list and add all their friends, then their friend's friends, until I have a reasonable amount of people where I can have my own "mini-leaderboard" in which i'm compared to only legitimate players (if one of them did end up hacking, it's as simple as clicking delete on my friends list)

Add me: Trazzdi

Lark.Landon · Jan 28, 2013

Redjericho said:
It's dumb, I know. And it is extremely easy on some apps, I even did it on accident one time!

To get around it I have just started adding every single person on game center that I can find. I add them, then I go to their friends list and add all their friends, then their friend's friends, until I have a reasonable amount of people where I can have my own "mini-leaderboard" in which i'm compared to only legitimate players (if one of them did end up hacking, it's as simple as clicking delete on my friends list)

Add me: Trazzdi

Wow, a very good work-around.

Dwalls90 · Jan 28, 2013

Yea, I compare myself to my friends.

Not random people that sit up playing iOS games 24 hours a day, lol.

zfog · Jul 4, 2013

How they do it

You just need intercept the HTTP request to apple's server and change the XML to score that you want to have.

This is one way how they do it:

http://www.netspi.com/blog/2013/03/18/hacking-high-scores-in-ios-gamecenter/

occollegeboi420 · Jul 4, 2013

What kind of a thread is this???

iHelios · Jul 5, 2013

L337 skills

AppleMaster9 · Jul 5, 2013

occollegeboi420 said:
What kind of a thread is this???

A dumb one.

Dorkington · Jul 6, 2013

I don't bother with GameCenter scores purely because of the cheaters out there. Whether it's hacking, or loopholes, or whatever, it doesn't really matter.

rick snagwell · Jul 6, 2013

its legit.

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