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Do PUBG tracking my camera? [video] (tiktok.com)
2 points by barisx 1062 days ago
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is there any reason to suspect this isn't just a bug? Honest question: I don't know the company
It's not a bug.

In 2021, Tencent added facial recognition to PBUG (and many other games) to help enforce the Chinese Communist Party's rule that children under the age of 18 cannot play more than 3 hours per week. Whatever they have implemented, it also hooks into some national criminal database.

More info here: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/9/22567029/tencent-china-fac...

Tencent is apparently the world's largest video gaming company: https://www.polygon.com/22949530/tencent-the-worlds-biggest-...

History of Tencent, told in dramatic fashion: https://youtu.be/51fWzJ-A5w4