Why is red shell gamer fingerprinting allowed on steam?

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

from red shells website:

Red Shell logs a gamer’s
fingerprint on clicking custom link

Run campaigns on Facebook, Google, Twitch,
YouTube, or anywhere else.

Then logs a gamer's fingerprint when
launching the game for the first time

Postback event can be fired from the game or
game launcher.

Fingerprints are matched and
gamers are attributed

Campaign stats are reported to your dashboard
for easy analysis.

how can I prevent this from happeneing?

[[wan-clan.org] Gordy Freeman]

What’s the problem? This is becoming normal.

No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to play their games.

[[wan-clan.org] Gordy Freeman]

Then don’t play it, simple!

[laff]

Originally posted by Gordy Freeman 🇦🇺:

What’s the problem? This is becoming normal.

The problem is people accepting this as normal.

[[wan-clan.org] Gordy Freeman]

The problem is gamers are so addicted to their stuff that they CHOOSE to be fingerprinted actually.

[laff]

Originally posted by Gordy Freeman 🇦🇺:

The problem is gamers are so addicted to their stuff that they CHOOSE to be fingerprinted actually.

Considering it's an opt-out spyware service for marketers and that I don't think any developer or publisher announced when they added it to their game, you're wrong. Why are gamers such corporate shills these days anyway?

[[wan-clan.org] Gordy Freeman]

“It doesn’t affect me, I’m not an addict.”

See how simple that was to resolve?

[laff]

Originally posted by ㅇㅅㅇ:

I have no idea if my games have it htough. No one told me or had me click i accept

That's another part of the problem. Plenty of people didn't know their games had it or added it in a patch until after the fact, but I guess they're all just "addicts".

Originally posted by Gordy Freeman 🇦🇺:

“It doesn’t affect me, I’m not an addict.”

See how simple that was to resolve?

[echelon]

Originally posted by ㅇㅅㅇ:

I have no idea if my games have it htough. No one told me or had me click i accept

Pretty much every game has removed it now, you are very late to the party :p

This curator flags all the games that are asset flips, mining on your comp and games that have redshell ect, so you can at least know for future purchases, or games you already have if you want to check the store page for them all.

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27507830/

[[wan-clan.org] Gordy Freeman]

Exactly, paranoia of this level is highly irrational, unhelpful and unhealthy.

[Meneluma]

I thought the situation died down after mass redshell removal...
Anyway, here is a thread, please be sensible and read through it if you want to really bring this discussion back.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/10/3307213006834287399

[Froducish]

Originally posted by Gordy Freeman 🇦🇺:

Exactly, paranoia of this level is highly irrational, unhelpful and unhealthy.

My point -->
your head

[laff]

Originally posted by Gordy Freeman 🇦🇺:

Exactly, paranoia of this level is highly irrational, unhelpful and unhealthy.

Answer my question.

Originally posted by laff:

Originally posted by Gordy Freeman 🇦🇺:

Why are so many losers paranoid about this?

Why are you so hell-bent on spamming this thread with unconstructive and immature comments?

[[wan-clan.org] Gordy Freeman]

What question?

[Meneluma]

Anyway, I see there is a lot of traffic coming from just a couple users here on this thread.
If you really want to keep it going I suggest slowing down a bit because at this rate you'll have mods breathing at your back in no time.

[Crac]

Originally posted by Gordy Freeman 🇦🇺:

What’s the problem? This is becoming normal.
No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to play their games.

YOU are the problem? and this fanboy mentality(?)

1. I guess it depends on your system, but spyware is NOT normal, nor should it be acceptable.

2. By definition, IT IS holding a gun to your head? If this crap is bundled along with a game. Burying permissions in a EULA isn’t much either...

3. And forgive me, if this little feature doesn’t get automatically removed when I uninstall the game… (secondary importance).


Red shell might be benign for now, but it’s isn’t an essential part of the game. Would you still cry when your handing over more data, receiving more adverts, locked into an always online ‘service’ as publishers claim they now can’t possibly do without the advertising revenue???