• postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The in game ads already do that these days.

      Just try to hit that X, haha, tricked you! Installing.

      Any touch of the phone for 30 seconds auto installs…

      • Gianmarco Gargiulo@feddit.it
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        1 year ago

        Use a firewall app to block that game from accessing the internet (this obviously defeats the purpose of online multiplayer games.)

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      1 year ago

      From a Cybersecurity point of view, I think this is a legit attack. Imagine a server that has many virtual machines, all of which automatically trigger the reinstall mechanism as fast as possible.

      If there is not some kind of limitation on that rule, depending on how their mechanism works, you could cost the game creater a lot of money.