Privacy Is the Price: Player Views and Technical Evaluation of Data Practices in Online Games
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Study analyzes 21 online games analysis and reports N=20 interviews and a technical scan that finds games routinely reward social logins, push social login rewards, and sometimes require forced third-party installs. Players say willingness to share data varies by context, many misunderstand what is collected, women avoid voice chat to hide gender, and privacy settings are hard to find. Paper proposes a dedicated privacy menu, voice chat monitoring to flag abuse, and auditing of data collection practices.
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