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Patent detects in-game “collusion” by tracking “external connections” - Ars Technica

Patent detects in-game “collusion” by tracking “external connections” - Ars Technica

Patent detects in-game “collusion” by tracking “external connections” - Ars Technica
Nov 29, 2022 1 min, 16 secs

Dropping items that another team or player consistently picks up is another potential sign of collusion, as is the same player or players showing up on opposing teams consistently in match after match.

Beyond easy-to-detect in-game data, though, EA's patent details other signs of collusion that can be gleaned from things like "social relationships and communications" and "third-party system connections and interactions" outside the game.

That kind of data ranges from simple relationships like a "friends list" provided by the gaming platform to completely external relationships like "social media connection data.".

where players from both teams are members." Things like "the number of posts by a player in a particular community" shared with another player could also signify potential collusion.

Even "the content of extra-game communication" could be fed into the algorithm, according to the patent, such as "messages to a forum which players from both teams are participating." A "machine learning algorithm" could be used to glean any collusion-related context from this kind of out-of-game communication, or a simple keyword search could be used, according to the patent.

To be clear, the patent is upfront in saying that any player data used in any of these detection algorithms "would be in compliance with privacy policies that respect players' privacy, and in accordance with player privacy settings or preferences." That said, there's something a little Big Brother-y about the prospect of a publisher like EA scanning your Twitter posts and Reddit community memberships to see if you're trying to coordinate cheating in their online game.

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