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Video game PUBG is to add "Out-of-game anti-cheat measures" and "hardware-based authentication" (pubg.com)
submitted 1 week ago by GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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I suggest just reading the full article and making your own conclusions but I personally deleted the game for now. I need to see how far these measures will actually go and will they want to like take my DNS history or something.

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[โ€“] GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well that in itself isn't discrimination I think. Discrimination is region restricting the game because of it. That's what I meant.

[โ€“] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That would be collective punishment. Which is very unfair - I agree. But it is not discrimination.