Red Shell - Illegal Spyware for Steam Games

[Postino]

Redshell is a Spyware that tracks data of your PC and shares it with third parties.

On their website they formulate it all in very harmless language, but the fact is that this is software from someone I don't trust and whom I never invited, which is looking at my data and running on my PC against my will. This should have no place in a full price PC game, and in no games if it were up to me.

Their website:

https://redshell.io/

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Spyware is defined as a piece of software that collects user data without said user's consent or even knowledge.

https://www.ftc.gov/reports/spyware-workshop-monitoring-software-your-personal-computer-spyware-adware-other-software

The Spyware "service" software RedShell conducts its business by having developers take only a handful line of codes and injecting it into their associated games (or slapping on various .dll files). This was all done without the user's consent and more often than not, without their knowledge as even the base-line RECOMMENDED method of operation Red Shell told developers to do:

https://i.imgur.com/odOQfW0.png

Is in MASSIVE and DIRECT violation of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation Act:

https://www.eugdpr.org/the-regulation.html

Tech-savvy users that have tried blocking the Spyware's internet access on their computer has more than often had their ability to play the affected game be made impossible with non-stop crashes.

One method of blocking Red Shell can be found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/8s3zy2

Spoiler: List of games that allegedly use the Spyware

Battlerite

Some Total War Games

Secret World Legends

Kerbal Space Program

Heroine Anthem Zero

Warhammer 40k Eternal Crusade

Krosmaga

Eternal Card Game

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3

Hunt: Showdown

Cabals: Card Blitz

CityBattle | Virtual Earth

Doodle God

Doodle God Blitz

Doodle God: Genesis Secrets

Labyrinth

My Free Farm 2

NosTale

Daylight

RockShot

Shadowverse

SOS & SOS Classic

SoulWorker

Stonies

War Robots

Survived By

Injustice 2

Warriors: Rise to Glory!

League of Pirates

Archangel: Hellfire

Skyworld

Indygo

Spoiler: Games that had the Spyware be allegedly removed so far or have been removed off Steam

Civilization VI

Quake Champions

Elder Scrolls Online

Astro Boy: Edge of Time

Conan Exiles

Ylands

Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!

Warhammer: Vermintide II

My Time At Portia

Dead by Daylight

Battlerite

The Escapists 2

AER Memories of Old

Magic the Gathering Arena's Beta

Hunt: Showdown

Omensight

Ballistic Overkill

Vaporum

Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation

Yoku's Island Express

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone

The Wild Eight

Desolate

Trailmakers

Raging Justice

Dungeon Rushers

Spoiler: List of Developers and Publishers that WILLINGLY and KNOWINGLY allegedly put this into their games in the first place, directly violating their customer's legal rights

2K | Firaxis Games | Aspyr | Squad | Private Division | Behaviour Digital Inc | Digital Extremes | Ankama Studios & Games | Dire Wolf Digital LLC | CI Games | Kyy Games | BISBOG SA | LLC RIKOR IMT | JoyBits & JoyBits Ltd | Free Range Games | upjers GmbH & Co. KG | Entwell Co., Ltd | Gameforge 4D GmbH | Creative Assembly | Soleil | Cygames | NetEase | Outpost Games Inc | Lion Games Co Ltd | Vertigo Games | Wolfdog Interactive | King Art Games | Pixonic | Human Head Studios | NetherRealm Studios | QLOC | Gavra Games | Skydance Interactive | Pigmentum Game Studio | Fat Dog Games | id Software | Saber Interactive | Stunlock Studios | Zombie Studios | Crytek | SEGA | Team17 Digital Limited

 

[Sixx]

Battlerite

s h i t.

Thanks for the heads up man.

 

[Goatson]

I have a lot of these games but none installed

As someone who really cares about his data being secret (don’t ask why :^) ) this is worrying to hear and ty for the heads up <3

 

[Deadpool]

I have a lot of these games but none installed

As someone who really cares about his data being secret (don’t ask why :^) ) this is worrying to hear and ty for the heads up <3

I mean literally owning pieces of technology like smarphones or pcs means your data isnt secret man

 

[Postino]

I mean literally owning pieces of technology like smarphones or pcs means your data isnt secret man

Still don't want that shit in my vidyas because it's the norm somewhere

 

[Goatson]

I mean literally owning pieces of technology like smarphones or pcs means your data isnt secret man

No need to leak out unnecessary amounts of it man
I avoid giving it out when I can, even when companies promise me a ”better experience”

 

[Deadpool]

No need to leak out unnecessary amounts of it man
I avoid giving it out when I can, even when companies promise me a ”better experience”

fair enough dude

 

[Knight]

all the games that use it are pretty shit anyway except maybe kerbal space program

 

[Postino]

Civilization VI removed the Spyware in a recent update, I put it off the list.

 

[DesertedCake]

Just play Spacewar, you’ll never have to deal with this :(