Guild Wars 2 distributed spyware in order to detect cheaters

Re:Guild Wars 2 distributed spyware in order to detect cheaters by neuronflux on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:37PM (#16850961)

This is similar to what competitive Counter Strike has become. Even though Valve has been talking about some interesting anit-cheat methods [1], third party matchmaking services rely on such client software to try to combat cheaters [2].

[1] https://www.pcgamer.com/vacnet-csgo/

[2] https://www.faceit.com/en/anti-cheat

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Re:Guild Wars 2 distributed spyware in order to detect cheaters by dvlsg on Monday April 16, 2018 @04:18PM (#16852324)

Might be worth noting that one of those third party matchmaking services (ESEA) deployed a bitcoin miner along with their client not that long ago. Caused a huge uproar.

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Re:Guild Wars 2 distributed spyware in order to detect cheaters by greenknight on Monday April 16, 2018 @07:18PM (#16853850)

IIRC it was in early 2013, so 5 years ago? CS GO was only released 6 or so months before hand.

People still bring it up, but no way would they pull that move again.

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Re:Guild Wars 2 distributed spyware in order to detect cheaters by dvlsg on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @05:21PM (#16916729)

True. Hard to believe that was already 5 years ago, but I think you're right. I was pretty furious at the time. I also seem to remember that ESEA got hit with _super_ heavy fines for way more than they ended up earning in bitcoin. Probably a fairly strong deterrent.

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