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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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