▲ 295 ▼ 'I had my fun' says hacker who used Call of Duty anti-cheat exploit to ban 'thousands upon thousands' of innocent players (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (8 children) Source? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 8 points 2 years ago (5 children) Their source comes from it giving system access and that is what they want. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (4 children) Why would they want that? Are there any cases of it being abused? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) Yeah why would any mega conglomerate corporate entity want the most valuable and easy to harvest resource on earth permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Computer usage statistics? Score! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Of course, no unfathomably demonic corporate entity would ever choose to track users and target them like that, to for instance sell products with zero repressions due to a lobbying hate group bribing lawyers to make it legal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Would be completely illegal in countries with gdpr. I'm a programmer and can tell you every company takes that super seriously. You have to agree to be tracked. Most people just do it without thinking. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It has system access yet doesn't prevent cheating. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] lud@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 8 points 2 years ago (5 children) Their source comes from it giving system access and that is what they want. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (4 children) Why would they want that? Are there any cases of it being abused? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) Yeah why would any mega conglomerate corporate entity want the most valuable and easy to harvest resource on earth permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Computer usage statistics? Score! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Of course, no unfathomably demonic corporate entity would ever choose to track users and target them like that, to for instance sell products with zero repressions due to a lobbying hate group bribing lawyers to make it legal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Would be completely illegal in countries with gdpr. I'm a programmer and can tell you every company takes that super seriously. You have to agree to be tracked. Most people just do it without thinking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (4 children) Why would they want that? Are there any cases of it being abused? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) Yeah why would any mega conglomerate corporate entity want the most valuable and easy to harvest resource on earth permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Computer usage statistics? Score! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Of course, no unfathomably demonic corporate entity would ever choose to track users and target them like that, to for instance sell products with zero repressions due to a lobbying hate group bribing lawyers to make it legal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Would be completely illegal in countries with gdpr. I'm a programmer and can tell you every company takes that super seriously. You have to agree to be tracked. Most people just do it without thinking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) Yeah why would any mega conglomerate corporate entity want the most valuable and easy to harvest resource on earth permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Computer usage statistics? Score! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Of course, no unfathomably demonic corporate entity would ever choose to track users and target them like that, to for instance sell products with zero repressions due to a lobbying hate group bribing lawyers to make it legal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Would be completely illegal in countries with gdpr. I'm a programmer and can tell you every company takes that super seriously. You have to agree to be tracked. Most people just do it without thinking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children) Computer usage statistics? Score! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Of course, no unfathomably demonic corporate entity would ever choose to track users and target them like that, to for instance sell products with zero repressions due to a lobbying hate group bribing lawyers to make it legal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Would be completely illegal in countries with gdpr. I'm a programmer and can tell you every company takes that super seriously. You have to agree to be tracked. Most people just do it without thinking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Of course, no unfathomably demonic corporate entity would ever choose to track users and target them like that, to for instance sell products with zero repressions due to a lobbying hate group bribing lawyers to make it legal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Would be completely illegal in countries with gdpr. I'm a programmer and can tell you every company takes that super seriously. You have to agree to be tracked. Most people just do it without thinking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago Would be completely illegal in countries with gdpr. I'm a programmer and can tell you every company takes that super seriously. You have to agree to be tracked. Most people just do it without thinking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) It has system access yet doesn't prevent cheating. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] lud@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] lud@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent