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Re:Valve accused of ignoring existing RCE vulnerability in S... by fpgaminer on Saturday April 10, 2021 @01:25PM (#26763209)
This is the way.

Many games package in outright spyware that siphon all kinds of data off your machine including browsing history. Kerbal Space Program was infamous for this (they removed the spyware at some point but I haven't checked recently if it was ever added back in).

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Re:Valve accused of ignoring existing RCE vulnerability in S... by matheusmoreira on Saturday April 10, 2021 @05:46PM (#26765438)
> Many games package in outright spyware that siphon all kinds of data off your machine including browsing history.

Please post details. Were they literally mining user data?

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Re:Valve accused of ignoring existing RCE vulnerability in S... by fpgaminer on Monday April 12, 2021 @02:07PM (#26782871)
The spyware is called Red Shell and it got packaged with a bunch of popular games. Yes, it mines user data.
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Re:Valve accused of ignoring existing RCE vulnerability in S... by matheusmoreira on Monday April 12, 2021 @02:11PM (#26782941)
Thanks for the reference.
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