Mar 10th 2024, 11:02:23
I have been playing this stupid game for over 20 years and I have never cheated. In my time I have used my TCP/IP knowledge with my clan to root out cheaters or impersonators. I worked in IT Security, so when VPNs came along, I used them to protect my privacy and stop the ISP from tracking my activity. There were no bad things going on for me but I did not want to contribute to the ISP (and others) data harvesting me for advertising.
A determined cheater can use several methods to create multiple accounts and not be caught. Deleting players for using VPNs without any evidence that they are cheating is wrong.
To all you VPN users, check to see if your app has "Split-tunneling", you can dedicate one browser to services that block or frown upon VPNs (my bank and an online game currently do, now I need to add EE). I hate MS so I use Edge for my exceptions. There are many browsers available for other stuff Brave, Dissenter, Chrome, Opera
The mods should look at a better solution (IP addresses are not Identity). There is an app called Authenticator, which can tie an email address to a site and create a 6 digit one time password.
I know people can fake email addresses just as easily as they can fake IP addresses but at least you wont punish VPN users.