Big Brother is Watching You: Blizzard will Record Voice Chat in Overwatch 2

Big Brother is Watching You: Blizzard will Record Voice Chat in Overwatch 2
Published by 29 Sep, 2022 0 likes

The upcoming launch of the shareware shooter Overwatch 2 is becoming more and more scandalous every day.

This is due to the ambiguous policy of Blizzard studio and questionable decisions to support the game.

In particular, the developers decided to adhere to the methods of work characteristic of the Chinese market, presenting such solutions under the sauce of combating "toxic players".

The initiative was called the "Defense Matrix". So, Blizzard intends to record the ENTIRE voice chat in the game, for which players will be forced to give consent to this procedure.

With the help of speech-to-text conversion programs, the studio will look for traces of "destructive behavior".

The audio recording will be deleted after decryption, and the text file will be stored on Blizzard servers for up to 30 days. In addition, you will have to link your own account . . .

mobile phone. This is necessary in order for the player to confirm his ownership of the Battle account via SMS.

сеть. Moreover, one person can own only one account, the use of prepaid phones and VOIP is prohibited.

If a person has previously bought a boxed version of Overwatch, when launching Overwatch 2, they will also have to add their phone. As stated in Blizzard?

such a decision will make life difficult for cheaters and people blocked for "toxic behavior".

The question is also how verification will work in Russia, given that Blizzard is consistently reducing its presence in the country and introducing additional restrictions for Russian users.

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