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From: |
Therese Godefroy |
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Subject: |
www/proprietary malware-games.html |
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Date: |
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:19:26 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/09/18 06:19:26
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-games.html
Log message:
+ manipulative behavior (new), Metal Gear Rising & Street Fighter
(missing);
Experimental regeneration from recfile.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-games.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
Patches:
Index: malware-games.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-games.html,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -b -r1.14 -r1.15
--- malware-games.html 24 Aug 2018 07:07:06 -0000 1.14
+++ malware-games.html 18 Sep 2018 10:19:25 -0000 1.15
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!--
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ Generated from propr-blurbs.rec. Please do not edit this file manually !
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-->
<!-- Parent-Version: 1.84 -->
<title>Malware in Games
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
@@ -36,50 +41,80 @@
<p>Here are examples of malware in games.</p>
<ul>
-<li>
- <p>Red Shell is a spyware that is found in many proprietary games. It <a
+ <li id="M201806250">
+ <p>The game Metal Gear Rising for
+ MacOS was tethered to a server. The company <a
+
href="http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/400087-metal-gear-rising-mac-unplayable-drm";>
+ shut down the server, and all copies stopped working</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201806240">
+ <p>Red Shell is a spyware that
+ is found in many proprietary games. It <a
href="https://nebulous.cloud/threads/red-shell-illegal-spyware-for-steam-games.31924/";>
tracks data on users' computers and sends it to third parties</a>.</p>
-</li>
+ </li>
-<li>
- <p>Blizzard Warden is a hidden “cheating-prevention” program
- that <a
- href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2005/10/new-gaming-feature-spyware";>
- spies on every process running on a gamer's computer and sniffs a
- good deal of personal data</a>, including lots of activities which
- have nothing to do with cheating.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
- <p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed a spyware program along with an
- update to the massive multiplayer game Guild War 2. The spyware
- allowed ArenaNet <a
href="https://techraptor.net/content/arenanet-used-spyware-anti-cheat-for-guild-wars-2-banwave";>
- to snoop on all open processes running on its user's
- computer</a>.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
- <p>The driver for a certain gaming keyboard <a
href="https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/mantistek-keyboard-keylogger.html";>sends
information to
- China</a>.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li><p>nVidia's proprietary GeForce Experience <a
href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis";>makes
+ <li id="M201804141">
+ <p>ArenaNet surreptitiously installed a spyware
+ program along with an update to the massive
+ multiplayer game Guild War 2. The spyware allowed ArenaNet <a
+
href="https://techraptor.net/content/arenanet-used-spyware-anti-cheat-for-guild-wars-2-banwave";>
+ to snoop on all open processes running on its user's computer</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201712060">
+ <p>Learn how <a
+
href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-farrell/the-fascinating-psycholog_b_6076502.html";>
+ gratis-to-play-and-not-win-much games manipulate their useds
+ psychologically</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>These manipulative behaviors are malicious functionalities, and they
+ are possible because the game is proprietary. If it were free, people
+ could publish a non-manipulative version and play that instead.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201711070">
+ <p>The driver for a certain gaming keyboard <a
+
href="https://thehackernews.com/2017/11/mantistek-keyboard-keylogger.html";>sends
+ information to China</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201611070">
+ <p>nVidia's proprietary GeForce Experience <a
+
href="http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/2672-geforce-experience-data-transfer-analysis";>makes
users identify themselves and then sends personal data about them to
nVidia servers</a>.</p>
-</li>
+ </li>
-<li>
- <p>Many
- <a
href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/12/29/how-much-data-are-video-games-collecting-about-you.html/";>
+ <li id="M201609240">
+ <p>A Capcom's Street Fighter V update <a
+ href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/23/capcom_street_fighter_v/";>
+ installed a driver that could be used as a back door by
+ any application installed on a Windows computer</a>, but was <a
+
href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/09/24/street-fighter-v-removes-new-anti-crack";>
+ immediately rolled back</a> in response to public outcry.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201605200">
+ <p>Oculus Rift games now have <a
+
href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vv77ea/new-oculus-drm-cross-platform";>
+ DRM meant to prevent running them on other systems</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201512290">
+ <p>Many <a
+
href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/12/29/how-much-data-are-video-games-collecting-about-you.html/";>
video game consoles snoop on their users and report to the
- internet</a>— even what their users weigh.</p>
+ internet</a>—even what their users weigh.</p>
+
<p>A game console is a computer, and you can't trust a computer with
a nonfree operating system.</p>
-</li>
+ </li>
-<li><p>Modern gratis game cr…apps
- <a
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/";>
+ <li id="M201509160">
+ <p>Modern gratis game cr…apps <a
+
href="http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/";>
collect a wide range of data about their users and their users'
friends and associates</a>.</p>
@@ -87,38 +122,44 @@
collected by various cr…apps and sites made by different
companies.</p>
- <p>They use this data to manipulate people to buy things, and hunt
- for “whales” who can be led to spend a lot of money. They
- also use a back door to manipulate the game play for specific players.</p>
+ <p>They use this data to manipulate people to buy things, and hunt for
+ “whales” who can be led to spend a lot of money. They also
+ use a back door to manipulate the game play for specific players.</p>
<p>While the article describes gratis games, games that cost money
can use the same tactics.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>Oculus Rift games now have <a
-href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vv77ea/new-oculus-drm-cross-platform";>
-DRM meant to prevent running them on other systems</a>.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li>
-<p>Some proprietary <a
-href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/19/apple-talking-cats-in-app-purchases";>
-games lure children to spend their parents' money</a>.
-</p>
-</li>
+ </li>
-<li><p>Angry Birds
- <a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html";>
- spies for companies, and the NSA takes advantage to spy through it too</a>.
- Here's information on
- <a
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html";>
+ <li id="M201401280">
+ <p>Angry Birds <a
+
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/world/spy-agencies-scour-phone-apps-for-personal-data.html";>
+ spies for companies, and the NSA takes advantage
+ to spy through it too</a>. Here's information on <a
+
href="http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.html";>
more spyware apps</a>.</p>
- <p><a
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data";>
+
+ <p><a
+
href="http://www.propublica.org/article/spy-agencies-probe-angry-birds-and-other-apps-for-personal-data";>
More about NSA app spying</a>.</p>
-</li>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M201401190">
+ <p>Some proprietary <a
+
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/19/apple-talking-cats-in-app-purchases";>
+ games lure children to spend their parents' money</a>.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li id="M200510200">
+ <p>Blizzard Warden is a hidden
+ “cheating-prevention” program that <a
+ href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2005/10/new-gaming-feature-spyware";>
+ spies on every process running on a gamer's computer and sniffs a
+ good deal of personal data</a>, including lots of activities which
+ have nothing to do with cheating.</p>
+ </li>
</ul>
+
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<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
@@ -176,7 +217,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/08/24 07:07:06 $
+$Date: 2018/09/18 10:19:25 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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