With the spread of new technologies and the use of the internet, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, online games have become popular, and the online gaming industry has become more and more important every day. The popularization and development of the online gaming industry, as well as the frequency of raising issues such as data privacy and breach, has also increased. Violation of data privacy in online games can cause many problems, from identity theft to viruses.
Seemingly harmless online games where you give one-click access to your camera or microphone, location, and other profile information may not be used by gaming companies to access you only. This seemingly innocuous sharing of information puts your presence in digital media at risk when your conversations, purchases and even your moves on the online gaming platform are collected and breached as data.
Any interaction you have made in online games can be used to create an identity by profiling your habits and personality, moreover, your data that has been compromised can be used for different purposes other than marketing.
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1. Camera and microphone access
Online games can often ask for access permission for the camera and microphone. The information you speak with your microphone on can be collected as data and used unbeknownst to you to create your identity and habits.
2. Location tracking
After the location access you allow, your location in games, shopping places, restaurants, and even streets you pass can be stored for purposes that are not within your permission.
3. Viruses and worms
Viruses can infect your device through instant messaging or files you download for gaming, and your important information, such as your credit card, can be exploited maliciously by third parties.
4. Vulnerable game servers
Hackers can breach the servers of companies that are compromised or not adequately secured. This means that any information you have provided to the gaming platform can be used maliciously.
5.Keyboard Listening System (Keylogger)
Keyloggers are malicious software that tracks your keyboard movements to save your login credentials. Hackers who contact you through game servers to gain access to different versions of games may gain access to your personal data.
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