Report: Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) Scans Your DNS History

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 17, 2014 @02:38AM from the lets-have-a-look dept.

dotarray writes "If a recent report is to be believed, Valve is looking at your browsing history. Reportedly, the company's Valve Anti Cheat system (VAC) looks at all the domains you have visited, and if it finds that you've frequented hack sites, you'll be banned. 'The new functionality has been slammed by gamers, who claim it is "more like spyware than anti-cheat". Valve has not responded to the allegations, but all Steam users have agreed to abide by specific online conduct and not to use cheats. The company's privacy policy also explains that Valve may collect "personally identifiable information", but promises not to share it with other parties.'"

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Uh-Oh by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-17 02:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Since SLASHDOT BETA is the functional equivalent of a terrible, glitchy hack written by hacks, it seems pretty safe to assume that they will issue perma-bans to anyone caught with traces of it in their system. Game over, Slashdot....game over!
Is it safe now? by SeattleGameboy · 2014-02-17 02:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Is it safe for me to post again? How did the boycott go? Looks like the beta announcement is gone, so good news?