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ZanirG
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5 months ago

Potential safety issue when streaming gameplay on PC

On Android, you can close the app by swiping up from the bottom of the screen and using the option to close apps from there. On PC, closing the game requires opening the settings screen, where your player id is displayed at the bottom. The PC client is available to all players now. Streaming through discord is a commonly used feature when, for example, a guildmate wants to be coached through a key TB mission or simply wants to share their GAC battle with the guild or another discord community. It's easy to imagine a situation where a streaming player opens the settings menu either by accident or wants to exit the game and forgets to alt+tab to discord to stop the stream first and ends up broadcasting their player id. I don't think I need to explain why this is a problem. Tbh I'm surprised the devs haven't anticipated this. 

Player id should be hidden under another layer. Something as simple as adding a button to the settings menu, ideally visually distinct from other buttons (bright red or yellow, big bold letters, exclamation points) that says "DISPLAY PLAYER ID" instead of having the id displayed by default whenever the settings menu is opened. 

I hope this will not fall on deaf ears. Yes, players have a responsibility to handle their own sensitive information with care, but humans are prone to mistakes and someone (even a person with good security habits) is bound to accidentally broadcast their player id, if it hasn't happened already. 

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