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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Secret?
If you have to be online for a single player game to keep working, they are collecting data.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Whether or not you have to be, if you are online for a single player game they are probably collecting data. Or trying to. Use opensnitch.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They gonna start demanding kernel level anti cheat for signle pmayer games.

Trust me bro, it is for your benefit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Absolutely. Don't install ~~anti-cheat~~ malware on your computer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

That’s one hell of a poorly kept secret.