Question on security

[armor32]

I am wondering if a poker site can develop software that looks into my PT database. As far as I know, these folks can go quite far in what they do and privacy considerations are of least concern to them. Using their customer's CPUid feature is just one example. Since poker client application runs at same permission level as any other app, they can reach quite deep within the system. So I am wondering, would it be techincally possible / easy to hack into my PT database, in the shoes of poker client developer? I use PostgreSQL and the DB is password protected. Also, there is a special user account for accessing the DB.

thanks!

[Josh]

It would be very easy for a poker client to access your PT3 database if they wish. However, I don't think this is something you have to be concerned about. They see no value in your data. They have hand histories with everyone's hole cards already. PT3 is also permitted on all sites it supports, so you don't have to worry about being detected using it or anything.

To sum it up, yes, it's easy and possible for them to do so, but I see no logical reason for them to do it.