Who's watching you?

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

 

So this popped up yesterday while I was doing maintenance on my machine.

 

It's pretty clear, no need to explain.  The question is why and who else has had this happen to them.?

Edited December 27, 2020 by FogOfWar_XXX

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

BTW, I posted this in general questions and it was taken down with a haste I've never seen before.

[Spy 14,759]

30 minutes ago, FogOfWar_XXX said:

BTW, I posted this in general questions and it was taken down with a haste I've never seen before.

It wasn't taken down (i.e hidden), I just closed the topic because nobody but the Tech Support can give you a proper answer.

[von_Cronberg 258]

Every time I click the ingame link to a V-log in the forum, my security software tells me it prevented an attempt to access my laptop camera. I like to imagine that my superior gameplay makes developers in Perm wish to watch me in action. Though access to my laptop camera is protected by several layers of security, the last one being duct tape.

[Okami 3,041]

That's concerning. Good thing I have my laptop's webcam covered.

Edited December 28, 2020 by GrayWolf8733

[Blutaar 1,904]

I used to have my camera covered, but removed it because of online lectures and groupwork... guess I will cover it again

[Momentary 396]

if this is actually true tanki might get sued for spying on people without knowing it. I hope is not tho. I never got any notification that tanki is trying to access my webcam. 

[alkyng 3,080]

I think this is just a coding mistake by developers as the client is a new and they will solve it in near future.

But if this approved one day, I will say my last word that will terminate my account literally leaving the game forever.

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

Well, I hope people review their logs, because it's COMPLETELY unacceptable.

[Mirza7 235]

there is another player asking why .exe was flagged as virus,  not good. did you download recently? 

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

No, but I'm sure it updates itself, it has to, all the physics and what not associated with new hulls means I downloaded in late Oct, early November, and crusader is now in game and I play.  I don' think it notifies us about updates, it just pulls files when it updates libraries and other material.

[Mirza7 235]

12 minutes ago, FogOfWar_XXX said:

 

I don't think desktop app has been updated for a long time. Its just a http client that does almost the same thing as browsers.

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

6 minutes ago, Mirza7 said:

I don't think desktop app has been updated for a long time. Its just a http client that does almost the same thing as browsers.

I can access the GPU, thus it has to interact with the CPU, thus the OS.

[Mirza7 235]

yes if say a malware made it inside to website it will be downloaded to you pc get your info or any other exploit ... nah just being paranoid. it is possoble

Edited December 29, 2020 by Mirza7

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

26 minutes ago, Mirza7 said:

yes if say a malware made it inside to website it will be downloaded to you pc get your info or any other exploit ... nah just being paranoid. it is possoble

I ran NORTON, Spybot, and Malware Bytes, no "malware" detected, so the signature is confirmed by the author, ie, Alternativa meant to have that code in there.

[Mirza7 235]

what did tech support say?

 

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

14 minutes ago, Mirza7 said:

what did tech support say?

 

Did you really think I'd waste my time contacting them?

"Hi, I'd like to report that your software is spying on me, here is a screen shot to prove it."

"No sir, there must be an issue with your computer, we don't spy on our customers."

"Are you sure about that?  Not saying that just to cover your rear?"

"No sir, that would be wrong and unethical.  We assure you, whatever it is, IT ISN'T us."

 

There is no way in a million years they'd ever admit to it.  Face it, it would need to be a bombshell to get it to be resolved.  People need to check their logs and post it all over the place, here, Discord, Youtube, the web, Steam, miniclip, anywhere there is a gaming presence for tanki.

Edited December 29, 2020 by FogOfWar_XXX
Corrected sentence.

[Mirza7 235]

what logs?

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

17 minutes ago, Mirza7 said:

what logs?

They're AV logs.  What I found very telling is that the only way I noticed this was my AV stated it had provided access to my web cam.  I immediately flew into a fury and went in and manually killed all access.  THEN I pulled the log and found the two entries.  I bet most people might not even know they were being watched because they tun off "Permitted" activity notifications.

 

People need to open their AV logs and search for Tanki.

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

So of those of you that polled yes to noticing, post your findings like I did.  I'd like to compare the dates as to when this occurred.

[Mirza7 235]

58 minutes ago, Unleash said:

Where are av logs?

check your antivirus it will have history of past detection similar to the image in main post

[alkyng 3,080]

Change the topic title. Every time I see the topic I think like it's about suggestion to know who has visited your profile?

[yellowghetto 3,206]

On 12/27/2020 at 2:05 PM, FogOfWar_XXX said:

 

So this popped up yesterday while I was doing maintenance on my machine.

 

It's pretty clear, no need to explain.  The question is why and who else has had this happen to them.?

Thanks for the news. I am playing on Mac and I do not receive notifications like this. This is very concerning.

[Debt-Collector 1,617]

lol this is why im always putting tape across all on my devices on the cameras or ill  sometimes try to take the device apart and try to remove the cameras without messing with the device's main functions and the sensitive parts. 

Edited January 9, 2021 by MysticBlood

[Iron_Man 2,376]

Something is really really really fishy in downloadable TO I guess. Lucky me! my PC runs on ubuntu and I use web browser client and I do not have any Webcam or mic connected.

He he he!