Activision Blizzard Secretly Watermarking World of Warcraft Users - Polidicks

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;37630278]i get the feeling that using steam or anything else to take the pictures would remove it[/QUOTE] It does.

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;37630278]i get the feeling that using steam or anything else to take the pictures would remove it[/QUOTE] I use fraps for literally anything so, I'm safe. I'm even safer knowing that I hate blizzard anyways and won't play any of their games.

It looks like a fun maze.

Thankfully I don't use the in-game screenshot system. :v:

Well, that is clever of them. I looked through some of my screenshots and I don't know how I missed it before in some of the ones I took. [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/wCS7c.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/09loh.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/IExbz.jpg[/thumb]

It's so clever because it just looks like really bad JPEG artifacting in those screenshots.

I bet you could just do the same trick people do on paid porn sites and filter the image then re-fill it to avoid that

[QUOTE=Shock_Coil;37630909]Well, that is clever of them. I looked through some of my screenshots and I don't know how I missed it before in some of the ones I took. -snip-[/QUOTE] Don't really see it, any pointers / edits? (don't play WoW)

[QUOTE=J!NX;37631365]Don't really see it, any pointers / edits? (don't play WoW)[/QUOTE] This is the full pattern that goes across the whole image: [img]http://i.imgur.com/7xT4x.jpg[/img] Open this in a new window and if you look closely the pattern appears to look like artifacts/poor quality. [QUOTE=Shock_Coil;37630909][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/wCS7c.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Olas;37631428]This is the full pattern that goes across the whole image: [img]http://i.imgur.com/7xT4x.jpg[/img] Open this in a new window and if you look closely the pattern appears to look like artifacts/poor quality.[/QUOTE] oh shit, I can now see it even when thumbed :U need to REALLY know what you're looking at.

[QUOTE=J!NX;37631497]oh shit, I can now see it even when thumbed :U need to REALLY know what you're looking at.[/QUOTE] Yeah, it's a wonder someone caught on to this considering how hard it is to pick it out as a pattern in most screenshots.

This is amazing. So it means that if you upload a progress picture etc. to a Botting website/forum Blizzard can track you. :v:

[QUOTE=Olas;37631559]Yeah, it's a wonder someone caught on to this considering how hard it is to pick it out as a pattern in most screenshots.[/QUOTE] to be fair, in gimp, fuck with curves and it'll show all it takes after a bored mind is someone investigative. If it shows up a shitload then obviously, it CAN'T be the .jpg... right? [QUOTE=ejonkou;37631575]This is amazing. So it means that if you upload a progress picture etc. to a Botting website/forum Blizzard can track you. :v:[/QUOTE] Get fraps or any SS program, it'll be higher quality and track free :v:

I've been using the steam interface to take 2 screenshots at once for a while now. The steam photos are higher quality anyway

I always thought this would be a good idea for games that are in a closed beta or something, they stole it from my mind!

[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;37629105]That's cool, but running private servers should be allowed.[/QUOTE] Why? So people can bypass the subscription fee?

[QUOTE=Olas;37631428]This is the full pattern that goes across the whole image: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7xT4x.jpg[/IMG] Open this in a new window and if you look closely the pattern appears to look like artifacts/poor quality.[/QUOTE] Damn how do you do this, i only managed to get this with GIMP: [t]http://filesmelt.com/dl/getimg1.png[/t] wait, is mine actually better? i don't know :S [QUOTE=J!NX;37631581]to be fair, in gimp, fuck with curves and it'll show[/QUOTE] That's what i did! :v:

[QUOTE=DrogenViech;37631807]Damn how do you do this, i only managed to get this with GIMP: [t]http://filesmelt.com/dl/getimg1.png[/t] wait, is mine actually better? i don't know :S That's what i did! :v:[/QUOTE] You still got the pattern, it's just different in the screenshot you picked.

[QUOTE=DrogenViech;37631807]Damn how do you do this, i only managed to get this with GIMP: [t]http://filesmelt.com/dl/getimg1.png[/t] wait, is mine actually better? i don't know :S That's what i did! :v:[/QUOTE] I didn't get the image, I found it on the original thread where this was discovered :v: [url]http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/world-of-warcraft/world-of-warcraft-general/375573-looking-inside-your-screenshots.html[/url]

Someone searched through the OSX binaries of WoW and found [URL="http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/world-of-warcraft/world-of-warcraft-general/375573-looking-inside-your-screenshots-2.html#post2489452"]this[/URL]

10 million players nobody has noticed this in over 4 years

I've never played WoW, and I don't know how accurate this is, and I'm having issues interpretating it also. [quote] The users were never notified by the ToS that this watermarking was going on so, for four years now,[b] we have all been publicly sharing our account and realm information for hackers to decode and exploit. [/b][/quote] The bold bit, how accurate is this?

[QUOTE=krazipanda;37631146]I bet you could just do the same trick people do on paid porn sites and filter the image then re-fill it to avoid that[/QUOTE] explain this please, I don't get it

no wonder wow screenshots look like shit

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;37633678]I've never played WoW, and I don't know how accurate this is, and I'm having issues interpretating it also. The bold bit, how accurate is this?[/QUOTE] Not very account names aren't even public anymore and guess what they know which dudes you play with omg

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;37633678]I've never played WoW, and I don't know how accurate this is, and I'm having issues interpretating it also. The bold bit, how accurate is this?[/QUOTE] The Realm IP and the account string identifier number, which Blizzard can only match up, are shown.

It brainwashes people into using the real-money auction house in Diablo III. They'll probably make one for WoW as well.

The Secret World did this during their beta.

[QUOTE=borisvdb;37634151]It brainwashes people into using the real-money auction house in Diablo III. They'll probably make one for WoW as well.[/QUOTE] Looks like someone reads too much Info Wars.

From the sound of it, it requires you to use the ingame screenshot function or have I misinterpreted it? I always used things like ZScreen for screenshots myself; love that crop+upload functionality.