[MARKET OVERLOAD - Two Solutions]

Put a TEF system on a timer..... once the TEF is active the structure can be destroyed and salvaged.... those markets will stay clean as a whistle lol

[Mass Player Tracking Projects & Spying]

1 hour ago, michaelk said:

Sure, but there's a big difference between baseless conspiracy and concern over data privacy and governance. 

 

That there are bad actors lurking everywhere eager to abuse and exploit data isn't a conspiracy, it's a fact. 

 

GDPR is really clear about what data is protected. There's been multiple explanations written about how it applies to game data, including player names. No court would buy the argument that these data are "not related to natural persons" because it is logging the activities of an "avatar" vs. a person. That's not what the law says and various entities that specialize in collecting game analytics agree. 

 

There are actual reasons to keep this data protected...beyond it being the legal requirement for EU citizens where GDPR applies. 

 

I'm sure no one will care and most people think it is paranoid.

 

I'm also sure that someday an API like this will be involved in GDPR lawsuits or fines or brute force attacks that further compromise PII. 

 

But its just an in game thing..... to a character not owned by the player. No real data is collected that can cause harm.... I don't know LUA... but if someone can make a script to collect your in game data im willing to bet there is a smart guy or gal out there that can script a privacy script to become a ghost to these things..... the million dollar a day idea.... please send me 10 percent!!

[Mass Player Tracking Projects & Spying]

On 1/26/2021 at 11:13 PM, GraXXoR said:

Imma jus' gonna stop you there fella'...

 

OP said nothing about embedding code in a player... And where the actual f... did you get the idea that someone took out MP15 "with this type of code"

That's some serious imagination you got there...

Unbridled extrapolation and crowbarring irrelevant shit like NQ's RDMS error on MP15 into an argument about data gathering is how groups like QAnon get their first toehold...

Shit may have got real but your arguments are anything but.


 

And... BOOM... now we have the expected ignorant, kneejerk personally-offended redneck responses...    Just like Newsmax.

This needs to be nipped in the bud.

 

• The game does NOT allow you to "Plant" LUA on someone.

 

A sensor can be used to detect the presence of a player or construct.
This is usually for automation, such as a sliding door, activating a screen or switching on lights.

 

However, it can also store a timestamp and the ID of a player. THAT IS ALL...  

 

• It can't tell what you're doing. It can't read the contents of your Nanopack.

 

The MP15 was disassembled by players. No LUA was used.

 

However, as with everything NQ, they turned a minor and somewhat amusing mistake (In a game labelled BETA that is still actually ALPHA)  into a catastrophy of biblical proportions as only JC can manage.

Why?

 

NQ amusingly banned paying customers for disassembling MP15 due to applying poor RDMS permissions, to much fanfare and handwaving.   No LUA was used.

This would have been pretty much kosher were it not for the even more amusing fact that NQ had just days before EXPLICITLY stated that RDMS settings are 100% the responsibility of the owner and that they, NQ, would point blank refuse to assist players who had had their shit stolen by other players playing the game since it was basically their own stupid fault for not learning how to use the RDMS.  Yet when NQ made a mistake, they treated as a personal attack and went into super-defensive mode with "surgical precision" in punishing the miscreants. Banning them from the game. Much like their response to the people that bought schematics mistakenly sold for a 99% discount... oh wait. 
 

This reminds me of the lady on the news about 45-65 years old saying "they" were beaming covid into us by satellites..... A. Who is "they"? B. If we had tech that amazing people like her would most likely already be reprogramed... C. Amazing a bio can be beamed from space!!!

 

My daughter plays Roblox.... they have fake hacker groups spin up.... all these young kids go bananas over getting hacked and some of the rents buy into it as well LOL getting hacked on a video game full of kids...... now what is brilliant is are most likely the same kids or ones not remotely involved with them in anyway capitalizing on their YouTube channels by saying they were hacked subs go up by the thousands and views???? hundreds of thousands in weeks!!!!

 

There is always a boogieman to explain away things that people dont understand..... brilliant way to get the masses chirping....

[Hello DU]

I am known as Rhaja (Raja) Zola in many games... Once I figure out how to change my handle I am ... I am using a new one these days.

 

I am an SWG vet, MXO, COH/V, Vanguard, TSO,  lots of games really.... none did I play as hard or dedicated as SWG. I have done many Alpha and beta tests... Even was in the first wave of Xbox Live way way back in the day! 

 

Not sure how hard I can play (with Rona maybe more then ever) I am a father, and even hope to bring my kids into the fold as they both game and love to build in games! I have been a guild leader (over 200 with a live medium of 150 average) from larger to smaller clans. I have played as a lone wolf more often as I've gotten older. 

 

I have a unique talent of breaking games or finding loops holes in my hay day.... even ran a mafia family on The Sims Online (and figured how to launder money amongst many more fun nefarious things...nothing that was bad in the way of scamming people or stuff like that). I like to make money in games lol and IRL.... 

 

I may give crafting a try, but also lean towards a merc type roll or even early on being a space trucker....

 

I have a few neat ideas, not sure if they were tried yet, but could be unique if the engineering can work in game for wars or protection type ships! We will see one day!!

 

Currently not with any groups as I said I want to bring my kids into this soon and not sure if that will impede with any groups. 

 

Any way hello!