GTA now uses red shell(spyware)?

[2022]

?

[Torque]

No?

[Smokey]

Interesting,never heard of this. But looking into it right now.

[[-iD-]]

nope, the only data collection services used are...
Doubleclick

Facebook

Google

Conversant

Nielsen/Netratings

Omniture

Yahoo

you can see what all they use here:
https://www.rockstargames.com/privacy

[Smokey]

Found a script to see if any Steam games you own make use of this ( Im clean,but i only have 2 games installed atm. ESO + Gta.)



@ECHO OFF
echo Checking Steam\SteamApps\common directory for REDSHELL.DLL
CD "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Steam\SteamApps\common"
echo.
dir /s /b RedShell*
echo.
echo Checking Steam\SteamApps\common directory for REDSHELLSDK.DLL
echo.
dir /s /b RedShellSDK*
echo.
pause

Just paste this into a .txt file and save the file as a .bat file. After that, locate the new .bat file you just made and run it. There a console window will open and information will be shown (or not).



Taken from https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/8s3rq7/very_simple_and_fast_script_to_help_you_see_if/


If you found any games that use RedShell you can choose to Opt out from their website here

https://redshell.io/optout


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Good to see games are removing this crap .

"Zenimax Online Studios said Red Shell was “erroneously added” to Elder Scrolls Online as the company had been “experimenting with a better way to link which advertisements and web content new players see to the eventual account that is created in the game.” Red Shell was reportedly removed from ESO on June 4."