{
  "id": 382410,
  "title": "Don’t share your solution to suspicious persons! (IceCube)",
  "url": "/competitions/icecube-neutrinos-in-deep-ice/discussion/382410",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-01-30T23:01:29.373027100Z",
  "votes": -3,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>(I’m writing this same topic to all on-going tiered competitions.)</p>\n<h2>TL;DR</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check carefully if the person you are merging with is trustworthy</li>\n<li>Don't decide team merge solely only on their titles (master/grand master) or past medals; they might be achieved by cheat.</li>\n<li>Don't share your solutions to suspicious person, or they will steal your solution</li>\n<li>Report Kaggle staff if your team mate seems suspicious</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This is a classic technique that cheaters steals your teams solutions:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381527\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381527</a></p>\n<p>Happy Kaggling!</p>\n<h2>Detail information</h2>\n<p>The scheme shared above link is a kind of social engineering where network of cheaters shares their teammates code/submission file privately. I don’t know this competitions submission policy, however, I think this kind of cheating is applicable to any kind of competitions unless the host checks duplication/similarity of the solutions.</p>\n<p>So, I believe the only way to avoid this is participants watch very carefully to not to share their code to suspicious persons.</p>\n<p>This scheme was reported by multiple teams on the on-going Otto’s competition, and some accounts are suspected as cheaters.</p>\n<p>For more information, please read these links:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381318\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381318</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381321\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381321</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381360\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381360</a></p>\n<hr>\n<p>This is a random message to avoid Kaggle’s duplicated comment check: \"We are Kagglers\"</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "2122406",
      "postDate": "01/30/2023 23:01:29",
      "content": "<p>(I’m writing this same topic to all on-going tiered competitions.)</p>\n<h2>TL;DR</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check carefully if the person you are merging with is trustworthy</li>\n<li>Don't decide team merge solely only on their titles (master/grand master) or past medals; they might be achieved by cheat.</li>\n<li>Don't share your solutions to suspicious person, or they will steal your solution</li>\n<li>Report Kaggle staff if your team mate seems suspicious</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This is a classic technique that cheaters steals your teams solutions:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381527\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381527</a></p>\n<p>Happy Kaggling!</p>\n<h2>Detail information</h2>\n<p>The scheme shared above link is a kind of social engineering where network of cheaters shares their teammates code/submission file privately. I don’t know this competitions submission policy, however, I think this kind of cheating is applicable to any kind of competitions unless the host checks duplication/similarity of the solutions.</p>\n<p>So, I believe the only way to avoid this is participants watch very carefully to not to share their code to suspicious persons.</p>\n<p>This scheme was reported by multiple teams on the on-going Otto’s competition, and some accounts are suspected as cheaters.</p>\n<p>For more information, please read these links:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381318\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381318</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381321\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381321</a><br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381360\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381360</a></p>\n<hr>\n<p>This is a random message to avoid Kaggle’s duplicated comment check: \"We are Kagglers\"</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "(I’m writing this same topic to all on-going tiered competitions.)\n\n## TL;DR\n\n* Check carefully if the person you are merging with is trustworthy\n* Don't decide team merge solely only on their titles (master/grand master) or past medals; they might be achieved by cheat.\n* Don't share your solutions to suspicious person, or they will steal your solution\n* Report Kaggle staff if your team mate seems suspicious\n\nThis is a classic technique that cheaters steals your teams solutions:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381527\n\nHappy Kaggling!\n\n## Detail information\n\nThe scheme shared above link is a kind of social engineering where network of cheaters shares their teammates code/submission file privately. I don’t know this competitions submission policy, however, I think this kind of cheating is applicable to any kind of competitions unless the host checks duplication/similarity of the solutions.\n\nSo, I believe the only way to avoid this is participants watch very carefully to not to share their code to suspicious persons.\n\nThis scheme was reported by multiple teams on the on-going Otto’s competition, and some accounts are suspected as cheaters.\n\nFor more information, please read these links:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381318\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381321\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381360\n\n---\nThis is a random message to avoid Kaggle’s duplicated comment check: \"We are Kagglers\"",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2122408",
      "postDate": "01/30/2023 23:05:49",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/pellerphys\" target=\"_blank\">@pellerphys</a> Can you pin this topic to top of discussion page so the newcomers always see this information? I believe this type of cheating is crucial to any type of competitions. Thanks in advance.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "pellerphys Can you pin this topic to top of discussion page so the newcomers always see this information? I believe this type of cheating is crucial to any type of competitions. Thanks in advance.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2123573",
      "postDate": "01/31/2023 15:31:09",
      "content": "<p>Hi, cheaters. All of your activities including down-votings are watched by Kaggle. I am looking forward to you two are expelled from Kaggle forever and the down votes are gone.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi, cheaters. All of your activities including down-votings are watched by Kaggle. I am looking forward to you two are expelled from Kaggle forever and the down votes are gone.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2122408,
      "author_name": "tatamikenn",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "01/30/2023 23:05:49",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/pellerphys\" target=\"_blank\">@pellerphys</a> Can you pin this topic to top of discussion page so the newcomers always see this information? I believe this type of cheating is crucial to any type of competitions. Thanks in advance.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2123573,
      "author_name": "tatamikenn",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "01/31/2023 15:31:09",
      "content": "<p>Hi, cheaters. All of your activities including down-votings are watched by Kaggle. I am looking forward to you two are expelled from Kaggle forever and the down votes are gone.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2122406": "(I’m writing this same topic to all on-going tiered competitions.)\n\n## TL;DR\n\n* Check carefully if the person you are merging with is trustworthy\n* Don't decide team merge solely only on their titles (master/grand master) or past medals; they might be achieved by cheat.\n* Don't share your solutions to suspicious person, or they will steal your solution\n* Report Kaggle staff if your team mate seems suspicious\n\nThis is a classic technique that cheaters steals your teams solutions:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381527\n\nHappy Kaggling!\n\n## Detail information\n\nThe scheme shared above link is a kind of social engineering where network of cheaters shares their teammates code/submission file privately. I don’t know this competitions submission policy, however, I think this kind of cheating is applicable to any kind of competitions unless the host checks duplication/similarity of the solutions.\n\nSo, I believe the only way to avoid this is participants watch very carefully to not to share their code to suspicious persons.\n\nThis scheme was reported by multiple teams on the on-going Otto’s competition, and some accounts are suspected as cheaters.\n\nFor more information, please read these links:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381318\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381321\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/otto-recommender-system/discussion/381360\n\n---\nThis is a random message to avoid Kaggle’s duplicated comment check: \"We are Kagglers\"",
    "2122408": "pellerphys Can you pin this topic to top of discussion page so the newcomers always see this information? I believe this type of cheating is crucial to any type of competitions. Thanks in advance.",
    "2123573": "Hi, cheaters. All of your activities including down-votings are watched by Kaggle. I am looking forward to you two are expelled from Kaggle forever and the down votes are gone."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}