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HackAperture Winner Accused of Plagiarism, Inferior Results Cited

A participant in the HackAperture competition accused another winner of plagiarism, claiming their code was used to achieve inferior results. The accuser highlighted that their code obfuscation was bypassed, suggesting security by obscurity is still relevant in the age of AI. They pointed to public commit history as evidence of the alleged intellectual property theft. AI

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HackAperture Winner Accused of Plagiarism, Inferior Results Cited

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · bitanath ·

    Lmao I cant believe the winner of €2.5k # HackApertus plagiarised me only TO GET WORSE RESULTS only because I obfuscated some of my code. Haha, security by obsc

    Lmao I cant believe the winner of €2.5k # HackApertus plagiarised me only TO GET WORSE RESULTS only because I obfuscated some of my code. Haha, security by obscurity is waaay more important in the age of # AI # aislop … also commits are all public you can clearly see everything l…