‘This is totally safe, trust us, just do not question what data we are collecting and where they are used.’
How can I trust then?
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i dont know how they expect us to trust them after years of lies
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So that’s why the game experience is so terrible (No wonder, it was obvious—most things, even clicks in the buttons of the screens is reliant on the server response (I.e. Internal server error while trying to spawn or Timed out situations)). Oopsies I am too stressed, I can’t calculate and register that penetration 
suddenly is the players connectivity fault.
If War Thunder needs two or more anti-cheat tools why is it that the numbers of cheaters banned each month still high? Wasn’t it supposed to be reducing with the introduction of better tools? I am purposely making these simple questions to tell that even the clueless players would notice this.
The money put on sponsorship in YouTube videos could be used on better server, not more servers. Gaijin is trying to build on a unstable ground made of people that put money in the game and is using it as cope to keep playing the game (Don’t want to let my money go away wasted).
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Man, sometimes the corporate response is way worse than silence.
This is the case.
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I love the part where they explain uhm uhh… Something ( no for real, what part of this can not be explained without a simple google search)? It’s nice words for sure I guess.
That being said the comments ratio the post pretty hard lol
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This blog literally doesnt answer the question that we want to know, what data WAS Viking AC collecting beyond the already disclosed information upon agreement to collect data.
Regardless ive reported this to the EU under GDPR breaches (assuming information was collected and stored long than it should be) and UKGDPR is the exact same rules/regulations when Brexit happened so I appreciate the fluff piece but ill let the investigation happen if they decide to act upon the claims of GDPR breaches
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Gaijin, are you trying to explain yourself just because of a threat from some leakers? You’re not the same old Gaijin with the steely Soviet heart from the Urals.
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Chill out dude. I’m not pro-cheater either, but they cheated in a videogame. They didn’t burn your house down.
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Exactly. The point is not to actually answer questions. The point was a ill-concieved and poorly thought out attempt to placate very rightfully angry players. Either that or just at least having the appearance of addressing our concerns. Either way, they obviously failed. It’s kind of wild that they actually thought this would help anything. But regardless, the point was never to truly address concerns.
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Objectively, yes they are.
Videogames are not the real world, that’s kind of the entire point.
Great, I don’t care though. Legally judging people’s real world actions based on videogame cheating is insane.
Objectivley the least chill thing you could say.
The bottom line is this: I do not like cheaters. But Gaijin’s Viking AC crawls around your entire computer and collects data that is clearly in violation of privacy laws such as GDPR. That is completely ridiculous. Even if ignoring that, based on the testimonies of Keofox and other former CMs, that data certainly is not safe. The idea that it’s either corpos pulling this type of thing or the government sending them to jail is beyond ridiculous. It’s not either or. We can have protection against cheaters and not crawling around your computer without involving arresting videogame cheaters.
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Wow, my computer is being thoroughly searched to ensure the game is free of cheaters? I like that, after all, I don’t owe anyone anything, so what?
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You really trust Gaijin to crawl around your entire computer? Viking AC’s functionality is effectively a malware. That’s the way it functions. And we know clearly that the data is not safe. Testomonies of Keofox and others have shown this. To think that a for-profit company is entirely altruistic in stealing all your data is wild.
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I believe the random internet guys claims over Gaijin.
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Every anticheat could be classed as a malware. Especially all the kernel-level ones.
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Thank you gaijin for your very poor attempting at wagging the dog.
None of this is why the community is so outraged, its the fact that youve been intentionally and knowingly stealing our data which is seen with the leaked files, and this is just a summary of already known information how the AC works ehich i can find on google. Address the problem, listen to us.
Not to mention this says nothing about the leaks of intentionally using classified and export restricted documents in game design.
The community loves this game, and its truly enjoyed by the players, so how about we stop beating it into the dirt, and then silencing people who try to fight for it?
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If you believe that Gaijin’s privacy is flawed and that it’s stealing your data for the Kremlin or the FSB or something like that, please post some proof of it. I trust Gaijin more to protect my data than my country’s government, and if you don’t feel safe having an account with them, why are you still here? Why don’t you just delete it?
Rest assured, the Kremlin and the FSB have far more pressing matters to worry about right now, and if they want “confidential” information, they likely already possess it or have better methods of obtaining it.
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Being sarcasm or not, the way they avoid some of the main allegations with bland answers is definitely not reassuring.
Every day I go out to work to take care of my life and I don’t sit around believing that the Russians want to steal my data, and you?
Is hard to trust a company that have been anything but transparent or with the level of disrespect shown in the last Q&A.
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I mean if you want our data fine… At least give me free GE for it? XD
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