How many games use HTTPS?
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ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I wonder if this means less cheaters in multiplayer games.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
binomialchicken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Not HTTPS necessarily, but lots use TLS over 443. If you are sending something like login credentials to an online service, it makes sense for the servers to use what is universally available instead of reinventing the wheel. Also, some games may use a launcher that uses HTTPS if they are web-based in some fashion, or maybe the game will use it for certain kinds of API calls unrelated to actual gameplay.
If you are playing a game that uses a dedicated server (or just isn’t a competitive game at all), then TLS usage is probably unlikely, but those games aren’t lucrative for the account boosting/currency farming that makes cheating so rampant in China anyway.
Even signing up for some games requires you to create an account on their website first.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 days ago
There’s that game where you made paperclips…
BB84@mander.xyz 3 days ago
More. I play in oceania and the cheaters are always english speakers.
pycorax@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I play in SEA and see the reverse. I don’t think most China players are connecting to Oceania servers, they’re far more likely to connect to Asian servers since the data centers are usually in Singapore and Japan which are much closer to China.
BB84@mander.xyz 2 days ago
maybe it’s a different crowd. or a different game. over here the cheaters are all 13 years old australians who think they’re master hacker.
binomialchicken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Maybe all 3 of you can come to an agreement somehow?