{
  "id": 382411,
  "title": "Don’t share your solutions to suspicious persons! (RSNA)",
  "url": "/competitions/rsna-breast-cancer-detection/discussion/382411",
  "author_name": "Bilzard",
  "post_date": "2023-01-30T23:16:30.650000",
  "votes": 17,
  "comment_count": 0,
  "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: “I love Kaggle so much</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 2122416,
      "postDate": "2023-01-30T23:16:30.650Z",
      "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: “I love Kaggle so much</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: “I love Kaggle so much",
      "votes": 17
    }
  ],
  "comments": [],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2122416": "(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: “I love Kaggle so much"
  }
}