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From Ch.5- Important info about tonight's vote
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bookclub10
05-09-2014
Important information about tonight's vote

STOP PRESS: There is an unofficial Big Brother app in circulation, which is falsely claiming that you are voting to evict. This is not true. You are voting to SAVE. Please only refer to the official Big Brother app, or website at bigbrother.channel5.com for correct voting details.
http://bigbrother.channel5.com/impor...-tonights-vote

Oooh wonder will this have any impact on tonight's vote??
Amaretto2
05-09-2014
Outrageous. If Kellie goes tonight, we know why
Conehead
05-09-2014
So can we vote to evict with this rogue app? Confused...
benbeez1
05-09-2014
Originally Posted by Amaretto2:
“Outrageous. If Kellie goes tonight, we know why ”

who cares ? get the boring drip out
MargMck
05-09-2014
Originally Posted by Conehead:
“So can we vote to evict with this rogue app? Confused...”

People who haven't cottoned on think they have bought a vote to evict - they then do so and actually vote for the person they are evicting.
This is most likely to boost the save vote for characters who might suffer in a vote to evict - I would say James and Kellie

Quoting myself - but note that highly booed James has been saved..
Alrightmate
05-09-2014
What????

Was this app around earlier in the series and in the last series of BB?
Because if it was I can see how we had some strange results.
MargMck
05-09-2014
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“What????

Was this app around earlier in the series and in the last series of BB?
Because if it was I can see how we had some strange results.”

A very easy way to steer a vote share in a small betting market.
daddynomates
05-09-2014
the eviction should be cancelled
MargMck
05-09-2014
Originally Posted by daddynomates:
“the eviction should be cancelled”

Note that most of the bookies have now pulled their odds .
Alrightmate
05-09-2014
Originally Posted by MargMck:
“Note that most of the bookies have now pulled their odds .”

Yes, the bookies odds on Oddschecker look curiously threadbare.
http://www.oddschecker.com/tv/big-br.../next-eviction
http://www.oddschecker.com/tv/big-br...brother/winner
Alrightmate
05-09-2014
Well then, goodbye Gary, it's been nice having you there.
atko
05-09-2014
Urmmm the simple solution is to STOP all voting from ANY APP! All I can say is it serves BB right launching an app that can be not only replicated but isn't even independently verifiable!!
Alrightmate
05-09-2014
I knew that this app shit was a bad idea from Day 1.
Something there to be exploited and hacked into.

Should have just stuck to the trusty old telephone.
MargMck
05-09-2014
And James is saved.
Wonder how many people voted to "evict" him.
emmetmcl
05-09-2014
This just shows that Channel 5 should have released an app for all platforms.

I myself made one, which you can vote from, for Windows Phone. A few weeks ago it did say Vote To Evict in error (as well as Vote To Save) though this was fixed.

Are there any other apps out there? Is there indication as to which app they are referring to?
Its-Gillian
05-09-2014
What is this windows app?
atko
05-09-2014
It was interesting to note that Bookies had already pulled their odds last night because I remember reading posts on here asking why there were no odds posted!
emmetmcl
06-09-2014
Originally Posted by Its-Gillian:
“What is this windows app?”

Its an app for Big Brother for Windows Phone which I made.
Veri
06-09-2014
Originally Posted by MargMck:
“People who haven't cottoned on think they have bought a vote to evict - they then do so and actually vote for the person they are evicting.
This is most likely to boost the save vote for characters who might suffer in a vote to evict - I would say James and Kellie

Quoting myself - but note that highly booed James has been saved..”

If the fake app actually submits votes, which are counted, then ...

I wonder whether the fake would have been detected if it said it was vote to save but didn't credit the votes to the right HM.

And if it wouldn't have been detected, who's to say there aren't fake apps doing just that?
Veri
06-09-2014
Originally Posted by emmetmcl:
“This just shows that Channel 5 should have released an app for all platforms.

I myself made one, which you can vote from, for Windows Phone. A few weeks ago it did say Vote To Evict in error (as well as Vote To Save) though this was fixed.

Are there any other apps out there? Is there indication as to which app they are referring to?”

If people can make apps that actually submit votes, is there anything that stops them from making apps that submit the votes for a different HM than the person using the app intended? Like I get the app and I vote for Gary, but it actually submist the vote as if I'd voted for James -- is there anything that prevents apps from doing something like that?
atko
06-09-2014
I said before this problem occurred that nobody can really verify anything related to this app as it isn't regulated by anyone. As has been highlighted on this thread, anyone can make one of those apps!! If BB & other shows are going to go down this route then the validity of any result for any voting contest is vastly decreased! If that bothers you, don't vote....if you just see it as a TV Entertainment Show & aren't going to lose any sleep over who wins or goes or call fix over every eviction then sit back & enjoy the show!
atko
06-09-2014
Originally Posted by Veri:
“If people can make apps that actually submit votes, is there anything that stops them from making apps that submit the votes for a different HM than the person using the app intended? Like I get the app and I vote for Gary, but it actually submist the vote as if I'd voted for James -- is there anything that prevents apps from doing something like that?”

No, you could quite easily do it.....it's just a link after all, like you click a link on a website or like you click the submit button to post a reply to this thread! Nothing to stop an app from doing that at all! Maybe they might think about scrapping it now
hisdogspot
06-09-2014
Why did they change the straight forward 'pick up your phone, dial a number, and vote' method ?

atko
06-09-2014
Originally Posted by hisdogspot:
“Why did they change the straight forward 'pick up your phone, dial a number, and vote' method ?

”

Greed! The app is full of advertizing so the money they get from the ads revenue is the reason why
Fairy Wings
06-09-2014
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“Well then, goodbye Gary, it's been nice having you there.”

Is it still a fix
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