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Since what they check against is a fingerprint, couldn't Red Shell just hash the data they create that fingerprint from, making it so they can guarantee that th
by olodus 8y ago
Since what they check against is a fingerprint, couldn't Red Shell just hash the data they create that fingerprint from, making it so they can guarantee that they don't really know anything about the player's data, just that it fits the one that saw the ad?
This seems so simple I almost feel like they would have some reason not to do it. Do they make money selling the data aswell as the fingerprint matching?
Or am I completely misunderstanding it all?
- rincebrain 8y agoThe problem with hashing it, from their perspective, is probably that they would like to be able to do analysis on the shared traits of the individuals whose data they harvested.
- whyever 8y agoThey are hashing the data.
- oehpr 8y agoWell... Yes they do. After you send the unhashed data to them. Check redshells API docs. They turn the data the games client sends to them into a hashed ID.
- kyle-rb 8y agoIf you mean hashing the whole blob of data, one issue could be that if they ever wanted to add a new tracking data point, they would lose backward compatibility with their previously collected values. I guess they could fix that by making the hash of the added stuff separate, but that would be pretty weak when there isn't a ton of possibilities for the new data points.