DRM battle goes to court.
  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    8 hours ago

    Next watch Discord and Reddit bend over backwards to give Denuvo all chats and information about dozens of accounts that may or may not be connected to the cracker. Because that‘s something platforms seem to do these days without any backlash since „they didn‘t fuck MY privacy this time!“ Ugh.

    And yes I am aware these platforms aren‘t encrypted and you should assume someone already reads everything you write and listens to every call. I still find it upsetting how openly they throw user data around without any backlash. Consumers have no spine to stand up for themselves with.

    • vk8kv@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      That is such a stupid expectation ngl and the fact that I hear it is stupid too,

      If I write a letter to my friend and send it via snail mail, my expectation is not for it be taken open read by some random guy and go through it, innit?

    • I_Jedi@lemmy.todayEnglish
      131·
      17 hours ago

      Oh, that’s easy. You have one of your rent-a-cops grab a random dude off the street, beat a confession out of him, and then sue that guy.

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      19·
      19 hours ago

      They’re hoping for a default decision in their favour when the anonymous person(s) don’t show up to court. Then they try to use that court order to shut down their work wherever thay can

      • zikzak025@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        16 hours ago

        Does have me wondering what the Austrian legal system is like (where Denuvo is headquartered). Seems hard to set a court decision when the accused hasn’t even been identified. Can they even prove it’s a single person?

      • pory@lemmy.worldEnglish
        34·
        18 hours ago

        But the work is already illegal. This is probably more about getting court injunctions against services (like, for example, Reddit) that might have the guy’s PII. Obviously voices covers his tracks, but getting a bunch of his anonymized data might reveal a slip-up.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      22 hours ago

      I probably shouldn’t comment as I haven’t read the article (SHAME) but my assumption is this is the first step to compel platforms the cracker may have used to providing identifiable information on them.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      21 hours ago

      I think I understand the approach.

      Pro-consumer data/service companies have privacy policies where they don’t share someone’s info. The sole exception is when that person has used those services to break the law. The suit may have the intent of establishing that fact so said services consider providing the user’s info.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    35·
    24 hours ago

    If they went straight to legal it means they legit don’t know how to stop it. That’s pretty damning for them.

    First step would be to analyze the hack and the patch it so that the bypasses no longer work. I’m guessing the hack exposes a serious flaw.

    • mohab@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      They could be working on both, but it’s a seriously bad look anyway. Companies should switch off autopilot mode and stop using Denuvo.

    • 0x0@infosec.pubEnglish
      11·
      19 hours ago

      the company claims that the accused bypassed its Anti-Tamper technology in at least 26 PC games and is seeking monetary damages as well as a court order that would prevent further tampering of its DRM

      Considering that the main product they shill obviously doesn’t work, I wouldn’t keep my hope up on them figuring anything out

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
        8·
        18 hours ago

        Standard corporate America right there. You proved our product is a sham and worthless? How dare you we’ll sue you out of existence!

        God forbid they step back and rethink their product.

        • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netEnglish
          3·
          8 hours ago

          Denuvo is an Austrian company, not American.

          This isn’t about American corporate culture. It’s a capitalist culture.

    • bright_side_@piefed.worldEnglish
      18·
      23 hours ago

      Yeah thought that as well, there probably is a good reason they resort to that. Seems a bit desperate. Good.

  • very_well_lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    1 day ago

    Denuvo sues anonymous game cracker

    I’m not a lawyer, but does habeas corpus not apply in cases like this…?

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      22 hours ago

      I don’t think so because the accused isn’t jailed, but I’m just a guy on the internet so I could be wrong.

      • the_fuckler@nord.pubEnglish
        3·
        15 hours ago

        I am coming to your location right now to serve you this court summons. Please provide me with your residence so I can serve you this court summons. It is unlawful for you to not help me find you and give you this court summons :(