is the game still SPYING RAM?

[i-dot]

as I rememeber the game was spying RAM

[Megabyte [RSSD]]

...what do you even mean?

[i-dot]

Originally posted by DmonHiro:

Denuvo, Ubisoft account and agreeing to them monitoring your RAM

I am honestly impressed by how much one company can screw itself over.

First we have Denuvo, which in fairness does stop piracy. But it also lowers performance, and should only really be used for games which are already known to be in very high demand. I don't know if this one qualifies. But OK.

Then we have the Ubisoft account. And we all know how everyone loves needing to use that. At least it's not as bad as SONY's account stuff... maybe.

And the cherry on the slop sandwich: they want to monitor your RAM so that they're sure you won't be using cheats? The reason for this is obviously because they want to protect the micro-transactions in the game from cheaters.

So there you go. A 1-2-3 punch combo which would make a game undesirable to many a gamer to begin with. And that's not even taking into account the Yasuke controversy.

Is Ubisoft trying to die?

[a x o]

source: trust me bro

[Jem]

Stay out of my kernel.

That's why Valve is using Linux, no kernel access allowed there: meaning security and privacy.

I hope Ubisoft players kernel won't get hacked one day...

[Sylvaa]

Originally posted by a x o:

source: trust me bro

"dO YoUr OwN ReSeArCH"

PS, if people think Denuvo is effecting system performance, then they need to stop gaming on their work laptop.

[Jem]

Originally posted by Sylvaa:

Originally posted by a x o:

source: trust me bro

"dO YoUr OwN ReSeArCH"

PS, if people think Denuvo is effecting system performance, then they need to stop gaming on their work laptop.

Why ? You know the source code of Denuvo and what Denuvo is doing in RAM exactly ? What information does it retrieve ? And for whom ? If its code is secure ? If it's up to date ? You are 100% sure there are no stack overflow and other memory mismanagement ?

Tell us more about that.

[Megabyte [RSSD]]

Originally posted by a x o:

source: trust me bro

Actually no... this is the source https://store.steampowered.com/eula/3159330_eula_0 the Eula in the steam page... if I may copy-paste (with all it's bad formatting):

4. CONSENT TO MONITOR.
When You are using the Product, the Product may monitor Your hardware random access memory (RAM) for
unauthorized third party programs prohibited by Section 1 that interact with the Product. In the event that the
Product detects such an unauthorized third party program, information may be communicated back to
UBISOFT, including the name of your Account, your internet protocol (IP) address, details about the
unauthorized third party program detected, and the time and date that the unauthorized third party program
was detected, along with the hardware specifications and performance characteristics of Your hardware, with
or without additional notice to You. If the Product detects the use of an unauthorized third party program, this
License and Your access to the Product may be terminated with or without additional notice to You.
However, please note that UBISOFT is not responsible for and does not endorse the opinions, advice and/or
recommendations displayed or sent by You in the Product, including in game chats. Such communications
are the sole responsibility of the user in question.

So yeah, OP is right.. Ubisoft is literally saying "we can look at your machine and monitor how you play our single player game."

♥♥♥♥ them, one more reason I wont buy their ♥♥♥♥ ever again.

[Gonger02]

Originally posted by Sylvaa:

Originally posted by a x o:

source: trust me bro

"dO YoUr OwN ReSeArCH"

PS, if people think Denuvo is effecting system performance, then they need to stop gaming on their work laptop.

Enjoy playing as Yasuke!

[Jem]

"we can look at your machine and monitor how you play our single player game."

Not only that, they monitor EVERYTHING in RAM: meaning other unrelated softwares you are currently using, what your screen is displaying, the sounds, musics, confidential informations in RAM, etc.

[Jem]

Originally posted by NeoVICT:

Yes, you better go and hide your RAM right now.
Might want to look under your bed as well, just in case a RAM spy is hiding there.

You don't know anything about cybersecurity, right ? Enjoy your credit card/bitcoins being leaked one day.

[Apoc]

This game injects little spybots while playing. Source is Bill Gates and Michael Jackson (yes he is alive).

[Sylvaa]

Originally posted by Jem:

"we can look at your machine and monitor how you play our single player game."

Not only that, they monitor EVERYTHING in RAM: meaning other unrelated softwares you are currently using, what your screen is displaying, the sounds, musics, confidential informations in RAM, etc.

You do realise that the bandwidth to show all that would brick the internet...right? Are you seriously suggesting that they are effectively live streaming, every user, into what? The worlds largest server farm (it would have to be) not only your visual output, but all the stuff the PC does in the background?

[Megabyte [RSSD]]

Originally posted by sleepypillow:

idk You have been spied plenty times before anyways.

there is ZERO reason a single player game should have ANY online requirement to play... much less a login. This is why PSN got so much backlash... and guess what, this should to.

[Jem]

Originally posted by Sylvaa:

Originally posted by Jem:

"we can look at your machine and monitor how you play our single player game."

Not only that, they monitor EVERYTHING in RAM: meaning other unrelated softwares you are currently using, what your screen is displaying, the sounds, musics, confidential informations in RAM, etc.

You do realise that the bandwidth to show all that would brick the internet...right? Are you seriously suggesting that they are effectively live streaming, every user, into what? The worlds largest server farm (it would have to be) not only your visual output, but all the stuff the PC does in the background?

Denuvo sees EVERYTHING in RAM. I'm not saying it is leaking everything. There is a choice that is being made, but unfortunately nobody knows what exactly, because Denuvo isn't transparent.
And nobody knows either if it's Ubisoft or Denuvo who is responsible in case of cybersecurity problem. And i don't trust Ubisoft to be in charge of the cybersecurity of my computer, their games are full of bugs to begin with.

[Apoc]

Denuvo and Ubisoft Connect might annoy some, but Ubisoft’s got solid reasons. Denuvo shields Assassin's Creed Shadows—a huge investment—from piracy at launch, and performance gripes are overblown; modern PCs handle it fine, especially with Ubisoft’s optimization chops (think Mirage, Valhalla). The account link? It’s for cross-platform saves, rewards, and a connected experience—small trade-off for big perks. They’re not spying with RAM checks; it’s just anti-cheat to keep things fair. Ubisoft’s bold moves protect their craft, and Shadows proves they’re still a top-tier dev swinging for greatness. Give ‘em credit—it’s paying off!