Does this game have spyware? (FALSE INFO, IGNORE)

[Mrmerfeo4]

One review mentioned that and it worths asking more about honestly

[AllergicToBrainRot]

If that was the case; i wouldn't had bought this game. I don't know which review you are referring to.

[Mrmerfeo4]

Originally posted by I-sell-diet-water:

If that was the case; i wouldn't had bought this game. I don't know which review you are referring to.

It was one polish review, he didn't mention any exact spyware but apparently its hidden deep in the code? I used perplexity and it doesnt seem to have shown any sources or keywords except something called ratmilad? ill look into it more

[Aderom]

Apparently Poland does not want to see good Russian games :)

[Mrmerfeo4]

Originally posted by Aderom:

Apparently Poland does not want to see good Russian games :)

Just might be the case lol, I asked the guy in the review what he knows. If not ill just delete this post

[pls don't hate]

Tried to investigate game archives. It's just regular UE5 telemetry, nothing found

[ObiWanCanBlowMe]

impossible - Valve is checking game files of the released games

[Madfish]

Originally posted by ObiWanCanBlowMe:

impossible - Valve is checking game files of the released games

That is absolutely false.

It's always funny with how much certainty people are posting false information.
What is your actual source for your claim? Not even Steam / Valve itself claims that anywhere!

Steam doesn't do serious code reviews, at all.
Countless games are shipping with extremely intrusive telemetry (called spyware), with rootkits etc.
There have also been cases with bitcoin miners, malware etc.

Furthermore we do assume they use virus scanners, yes, it would be a disaster if they didn't.
However, that doesn't and wouldn't detect customised code.
We also know for certain that they don't use many or all of them though. Proven by the fact that basically every day people are getting false positives which would not happen if they detected that in advance and cleared it either with the developer or the anti virus company.

On top of that the security mechanisms are not up to industry standard. Neither on the consumer side (SteamGuard) nor for developers.

Ironically enough, just a few months ago at the end of 2023, Steam added "SMS verfication" as a 2nd factor to developer accounts after several games shipped malware in their updates.

[ZullDan]

Chek it by your antivirus and be calm, This game was made by 1 person, there is no point to add spyware