Re:Be careful what you copy: Invisibly inserting usernames i...
by Mashimo on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:54AM
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I saw the topic and the first thing my mind went to was eve online :)
People could still just make a screenshot and the special character would not be visible, so they implemented hidden watermarks: [0]
Then the same alliance would also generate slightly different text for each person. [1]
I think things might have changed now days, as everyone is recruiting new players and make it easy for other alliances to put spies in. Maybe in some sub-groups that manage large amounts of assets?
People could still just make a screenshot and the special character would not be visible, so they implemented hidden watermarks: [0]
Then the same alliance would also generate slightly different text for each person. [1]
I think things might have changed now days, as everyone is recruiting new players and make it easy for other alliances to put spies in. Maybe in some sub-groups that manage large amounts of assets?
[0] http://failheap-challenge.com/showthread.php?12731-Once-upon...
[1] http://failheap-challenge.com/showthread.php?16311-Taking-th...