Redshell is a Spyware that tracks data of your PC and shares it with third parties.
On their website they formulate it all in very harmless language, but the fact is that this is software from someone I don't trust and whom I never invited, which is looking at my data and running on my PC against my will. This should have no place in a full price PC game, and in no games if it were up to me.
Their website:
https://redshell.io/
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Spyware is defined as a piece of software that collects user data without said user's consent or even knowledge.
https://www.ftc.gov/reports/spyware-workshop-monitoring-software-your-personal-computer-spyware-adware-other-software
The Spyware "service" software RedShell conducts its business by having developers take only a handful line of codes and injecting it into their associated games (or slapping on various .dll files). This was all done without the user's consent and more often than not, without their knowledge as even the base-line RECOMMENDED method of operation Red Shell told developers to do:
https://i.imgur.com/odOQfW0.png
Is in MASSIVE and DIRECT violation of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation Act:
https://www.eugdpr.org/the-regulation.html
Tech-savvy users that have tried blocking the Spyware's internet access on their computer has more than often had their ability to play the affected game be made impossible with non-stop crashes.
One method of blocking Red Shell can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/8s3zy2
On their website they formulate it all in very harmless language, but the fact is that this is software from someone I don't trust and whom I never invited, which is looking at my data and running on my PC against my will. This should have no place in a full price PC game, and in no games if it were up to me.
Their website:
https://redshell.io/
------------------------------------------------
Spyware is defined as a piece of software that collects user data without said user's consent or even knowledge.
https://www.ftc.gov/reports/spyware-workshop-monitoring-software-your-personal-computer-spyware-adware-other-software
The Spyware "service" software RedShell conducts its business by having developers take only a handful line of codes and injecting it into their associated games (or slapping on various .dll files). This was all done without the user's consent and more often than not, without their knowledge as even the base-line RECOMMENDED method of operation Red Shell told developers to do:
https://i.imgur.com/odOQfW0.png
Is in MASSIVE and DIRECT violation of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation Act:
https://www.eugdpr.org/the-regulation.html
Tech-savvy users that have tried blocking the Spyware's internet access on their computer has more than often had their ability to play the affected game be made impossible with non-stop crashes.
One method of blocking Red Shell can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/8s3zy2
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