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UltraCookie
Posted 1/25/2013 4:50:34 PM
funkyfritter posted...

UltraCookie posted...
Valve: Hey Dotabuff, before you release your new DBR feature, would you mind requiring users to manually set their Dotabuff profile page to visible before anyone can see their history on your site? That way the site can still function at 100% capacity with no privacy concerns
Dotabuff: no probs brah

What a better outcome that would have lead to.


The problem with that is that there's nothing stopping some other site from using the same setup without the same ethical considerations. The security gap had to be closed, but they certainly could have communicated it better.


Implement the privacy feature in game the moment it becomes a problem. Allow Dotabuff to exist until then.
Harry_McKenzie
Posted 1/25/2013 4:55:35 PM
From: Mezmorizor | #010
It's pretty ridiculous that the dotabuff owner is lambasting valve for making the option private by default. That's just how privacy matters work.

As of an hour ago, Valve has completely taken away our current method of gathering data. This means we are no longer able to get new matches, download replays, qualify aggregates, or properly calculate any other stats (like hero winrates).
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AlgernonMabus
Posted 1/25/2013 4:56:56 PM

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Now that I think about it, this isn't such a huge loss. I didn't care about DBR anyway, and Dotabuff's original functionality will probably be replicated by a new site fairly soon. I just think it's funny that they killed themselves literally less than a day after they launched their update with the chat logs and everything.
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AlgernonMabus
Posted 1/25/2013 4:56:41 PM
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UltraCookie
Posted 1/25/2013 4:58:56 PM
AlgernonMabus posted...
Dotabuff's original functionality will probably be replicated by a new site fairly soon.


If it were possible, don't you think Dotabuff would do it?
CeciliasVICE
Posted 1/25/2013 5:01:16 PM
Sad, I'll never know how good I am ever again. :c
Mezmorizor
Posted 1/25/2013 5:01:40 PM
From: Harry_McKenzie | #012
From: Mezmorizor | #010
It's pretty ridiculous that the dotabuff owner is lambasting valve for making the option private by default. That's just how privacy matters work.

As of an hour ago, Valve has completely taken away our current method of gathering data. This means we are no longer able to get new matches, download replays, qualify aggregates, or properly calculate any other stats (like hero winrates).

Because Valve found out that their data gathering methods violated the TOS...
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Mezmorizor
Posted 1/25/2013 5:02:36 PM
And that doesn't change that they were whining about the obvious privacy decision in the first place.
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Harry_McKenzie
Posted 1/25/2013 5:03:54 PM
White knighting valve wow...
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Mezmorizor
Posted 1/25/2013 5:05:28 PM
From: Harry_McKenzie | #019
White knighting valve wow...

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/17aao9/valve_shuts_down_dotabuff/c83nmyf

Sorry that you can no longer tell others about how 1337 you are.
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