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"This server can take screenshots from you"


WHOGX5

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I tried to join a server today and got this prompt window.

 

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What does it mean? Does it take screenshots from my perspective? Does it take screenshots from my Screenshots folder in saved games? :helpsmilie:

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It means a screen shot of your current point of view will be taken and sent to the server. The server admin can then browse thru the screenshots amassed and look for anomalies ( cheats/hacks that will appear in the shot )...

It's really not worth the bandwidth required to transmit all the screen shots, as it will only show a very limited number of cheats.

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Pretty standard for multiplayer servers to be able to take screenshots. My guess is the GDPR is requiring disclosure. Probably not a good idea to have a text file with your bank login and passwords open in the back ground or on another monitor. Even if you did, chances of a server admin being malevolent are slim.

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Pretty standard for multiplayer servers to be able to take screenshots. My guess is the GDPR is requiring disclosure. Probably not a good idea to have a text file with your bank login and passwords open in the back ground or on another monitor. Even if you did, chances of a server admin being malevolent are slim.

 

It supposedly only captures the game window.

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I filed a FOIA with varous server admins, not heard back yet, gonna take it up with the EU while I still can. Blatant breach of data protection act...

I jest of course, but someone could potentially kick up a fuss, like with the naming of Nevada building logos, and play the line that people can't be coerced into waiving away their legal rights bla bla.

Its worth checking if game window is all, especially in VR and the vertical letterbox view it can give.

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