**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Kabam will never say how, but I have a theory
LeftTurnAlbqrqe
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There's been so much discussion about how Kabam could catch account sharers. How do they tell if some is sharing their account outside the TOS.
To sync up with Kabam servers, you have to register an email address and password. Simple enough. And that' seems to me what gets shared. Never done it; never would. However....
Not exactly sure how it works in the background, but my MCOC accounts are linked to my Apple GameCenter account. Every time I startup MCOC, the Game Center banner appears. (Never had an Android device but I think there's a Google Play?). And that is tied to my Apple ID which identifies my devices and is the same across my Apple devices. So, it would be fairly easy for Kabam to determine if there is account sharing--if an MCOC account is used by two separate, distinct Apple (or Google Play) accounts, it's a shared account. There's no way for them to evaluate if two people share a device (father/son, husband/wife, etc) as long as it's the same device or Game Center account. No concern for trying to catch via IP addresses, player cities/countries or even devices. Since your alliance mate has a different device, and it is registered under a different Game Center/Apple ID, then when he logs in for you, it indicates you shared it. Can't be the device ID/serial number either because, again, you can play the game legally as your account on multiple devices.
Now, about multiple accounts on the same device--there's no restriction on having multiple MCOC accounts on the same device. The tricky part comes in when a family has multiple devices AND each device is tied to a separate Apple/Google/device OS manufacturer account.
I work in Data Architecture & design large databases but am not familiar with the interactions with these platforms but I would find it incredible if Kabam is NOT capturing the data necessary to match MCOC with device account with MCOC registration email
I'm sure the Data is gathered. They just have to mine it
To sync up with Kabam servers, you have to register an email address and password. Simple enough. And that' seems to me what gets shared. Never done it; never would. However....
Not exactly sure how it works in the background, but my MCOC accounts are linked to my Apple GameCenter account. Every time I startup MCOC, the Game Center banner appears. (Never had an Android device but I think there's a Google Play?). And that is tied to my Apple ID which identifies my devices and is the same across my Apple devices. So, it would be fairly easy for Kabam to determine if there is account sharing--if an MCOC account is used by two separate, distinct Apple (or Google Play) accounts, it's a shared account. There's no way for them to evaluate if two people share a device (father/son, husband/wife, etc) as long as it's the same device or Game Center account. No concern for trying to catch via IP addresses, player cities/countries or even devices. Since your alliance mate has a different device, and it is registered under a different Game Center/Apple ID, then when he logs in for you, it indicates you shared it. Can't be the device ID/serial number either because, again, you can play the game legally as your account on multiple devices.
Now, about multiple accounts on the same device--there's no restriction on having multiple MCOC accounts on the same device. The tricky part comes in when a family has multiple devices AND each device is tied to a separate Apple/Google/device OS manufacturer account.
I work in Data Architecture & design large databases but am not familiar with the interactions with these platforms but I would find it incredible if Kabam is NOT capturing the data necessary to match MCOC with device account with MCOC registration email
I'm sure the Data is gathered. They just have to mine it
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Not reading that
Why would they do that?
1. Kabam is seeking to maintain the integrity of their TOS so a) they don't care what "everyone is against". And b) if they don't make an effort to enforce it then they might be on questionable legal grounds by choosing not to
2. Apple doesn't have to share (although they likely do) with Kabam directly. I'm assuming/asserting it is captured by kabam directly from your device when you start the game and sync to their servers
on 2, there is no way Apple would share this unless Kabam pay for it
Absolutely no way in hell
They have said in the past you are fine to play your account on someone else's device. When i travel and my battery runs low i play on my wifes phone while mine charges.
Here's a different scenario...what if I created a new account on a family shared device. Then someone in my household uses the account while I'm away and plays on the same device. So essentially, playing on my behalf. Does that violate the TOS?
So if you really get banned for account sharing, you will have overdone it by a far amount my friend. Like having 10 poeple doing those insane arena milestones for you. I don't have any pity for you in that case.
Dr. Zola
Agreed.
They could say which TOS violation got them banned without giving the specifics of how they were caught.
lol e-commerce 101 how do you think Google earns revenue by providing their services like YouTube and gmail to their customers for free.....by providing their data to 3rd party customers for a price that's how you get those emails in your gmail even those you haven't subscribed for. How about those ads on facebook????? You might think hey I don't think I've subscribed for it but I like that and I will buy it. That's because of an algorithm that predicts your likes and dislikes based on the data its gained from your facebook profile and Facebook sells this data to 3rd party customers for price. This is ILLEGAL as you can't provide personal information but most people don't know about this at all. The same thing likely happens with Google and apple as well based on the accounts that spend or not Kabam gives deals to accounts that are likely to buy the deal rather than those accounts which won't buy the deal at all. Look at the recent android deal which was only sent to Android users in UK U.S. And Canada only not in Asian countries like India.