Sunday
Aug162015
The FIDE Playing Zone: A Security Nightmare
Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 5:31PM
I don't know if any of you have tried FIDE's online playing site - I haven't - but if you haven't you'll probably want to keep it that way due to their apparently terrible security/privacy protocols.
HT: Ross Hytnen
Reader Comments (1)
Hardly surprising. They're based in the middle of nowhere in Siberia, aren't they? They aren't obliged to follow UK, US or European data protection / security standards.
I wonder how many players actually play there. I wouldn't think websites like chess.com are worried too much by the competition from FIDE. A meaningless "Official Online Title" that's on offer there is unlikely to make much people shell out their not insignificant membership fee, given the much larger pool of players plus everything else you get on top of playing at other websites.