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		joshspankit on Sept 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ButtFish – Transmit Morse Code of chess moves to y... Agreed. There are many legal reasons that they could not perform a body search for anal cheating devices, butt more importantly: human perseverance has shown that some communication devices will always be able to stay hidden...no matter how invasive the search.

eru on Sept 30, 2022 [–]

You could fix the communication by putting participants in something like a Faraday cage, or lining the walls with lead etc.

However, if someone puts the actual chess computer inside their body, even those measures won't help.

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