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EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase

2025-04-05T00:38:26Z

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EA has implemented a change to the anti-cheat of several games after release including: EA SPORTS WRC, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, Battlefield 2042, Battlefield V, and Battlefield 1.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawe |first=Liam |date=23 Oct 2024 |title=EA Anti-Cheat arrives for Battlefield 1 breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/ea-anti-cheat-arrives-for-battlefield-1-breaking-it-on-steam-deck-linux/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220061934/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/ea-anti-cheat-arrives-for-battlefield-1-breaking-it-on-steam-deck-linux/ |archive-date=20 Dec 2024 |website=GamingOnLinux}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawe |first=Liam |date=17 May 2024 |title=EA SPORTS WRC is adding EA anticheat, breaking another game on Steam Deck / Linux |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/ea-sports-wrc-is-adding-ea-anticheat-breaking-another-game-on-steam-deck-linux/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216223730/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/ea-sports-wrc-is-adding-ea-anticheat-breaking-another-game-on-steam-deck-linux/ |archive-date=16 Feb 2025 |website=GamingOnLinux}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawe |first=Liam |date=4 Apr 2024 |title=Battlefield V now broken on Steam Deck / Linux with EA anticheat live |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/battlefield-v-now-broken-on-steam-deck-linux-with-ea-anticheat-live/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313003005/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/battlefield-v-now-broken-on-steam-deck-linux-with-ea-anticheat-live/ |archive-date=13 Mar 2025 |website=GamingOnLinux}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawe |first=Liam |date=15 Feb 2024 |title=Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 adding EA AntiCheat, breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-2-adding-ea-anticheat-breaking-it-on-steam-deck-linux/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419031809/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-2-adding-ea-anticheat-breaking-it-on-steam-deck-linux/ |archive-date=19 Apr 2024 |website=GamingOnLinux}}</ref> This change breaks the ability to play the game, even after purchase, on older [[Windows]] versions and alternative operating systems to Windows including Linux and SteamOS. EA refuses to give you a refund for these games.

==Background==
EA announced Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 was going to be implementing EA AntiCheat and no longer supporting Windows versions 7, 8, and 8.1 after an update in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EA Anticheat and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 |url=https://www.ea.com/games/plants-vs-zombies/plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-2/news/pvzgw2-anticheat-update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125033327/https://www.ea.com/games/plants-vs-zombies/plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-2/news/pvzgw2-anticheat-update |archive-date=25 Jan 2025}}</ref>

EA announced EA SPORTS WRC was going to be implementing EA AntiCheat on June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EA SPORTS™ WRC - EA anticheat |url=https://www.ea.com/technology/news/ea-anticheat |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405002320/https://www.ea.com/technology/news/ea-anticheat |archive-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>

EA announced these games in the Battlefield Franchise were going to be implementing EA AntiCheat:<ref>{{Cite web |title=EA anticheat and Battlefield |url=https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/news/eaac-and-battlefield |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129200103/https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/news/eaac-and-battlefield |archive-date=29 Nov 2024}}</ref>

* Battlefield 2042 in October 2023
* Battlefield V in April 2024
* Battlefield 1 in October 2024

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Verizon

2025-03-06T03:43:22Z

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Verizon
| Type =Public
| Founded =1983
| Industry =Telecommuncations
| Official Website =https://verizon.com/
| Logo =Verizon 2024.svg.png
}}'''[[wikipedia:Verizon|Verizon Communications, Inc.]]''' is a major American telecommunications company headquartered in New York, New York. Verizon is the [[wikipedia:List_of_telecommunications_companies#World's_largest_telecom_companies_by_total_revenue|second-largest telecommunications company in the world]] by revenue and has the [[wikipedia:List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers|largest wireless network in the United States]] with 146 million subscribers as of December 31, 2024.<ref name=":0">https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ</ref>

In 2017, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded Verizon with a 1 out of 5 stars privacy rating, the same as Verizon's largest competitors, AT&T and T-Mobile.<ref>https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017</ref>

==Incidents==
===Selling Consumer Data (2024)===
FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data. FCC fined AT&T $57 million, Sprint $12 million, T-Mobile $80 million, and Verizon $46 million amounting to nearly $200 million.<ref>https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wireless-carriers-nearly-200-million-over-illegal-location-data-2024-04-29/</ref>

This fine towards Verizon amounted to about 0.25% of their annual net income.<ref name=":0" />
===Deceptive Advertising of 5G (2020)===
In March 2019 the Better Business Bureau cited that Verizon was falsely conveying that the 5G technology was currently available to customers.<ref>https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/333538/verizon-told-to-revise-first-to-5g-ads.html</ref> In May 2020 the Better Business Bureau criticized Verizon for claiming it was "building the most powerful 5G experience for America" and recommended that the company disclose the actual availability of its 5G network to its customers.<ref>https://venturebeat.com/mobile/bbb-blasts-verizon-for-5g-ads-says-coverage-claims-mislead-customers/</ref>

==References==
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===Video References:===

#https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdZt7ox1DDs

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Verizon

2025-03-05T00:42:11Z

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Verizon
| Type =Public
| Founded =1983
| Industry =Telecommuncations
| Official Website =https://verizon.com/
| Logo =Verizon 2024.svg.png
}}{{StubNotice}}

'''[[wikipedia:Verizon|Verizon Communications, Inc.]]''' is a major American telecommunications company headquartered in New York, New York. Verizon is the [[wikipedia:List_of_telecommunications_companies#World's_largest_telecom_companies_by_total_revenue|second-largest telecommunications company in the world]] by revenue and has the [[wikipedia:List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers|largest wireless network in the United States]] with 146 million subscribers as of December 31, 2024.<ref>https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ</ref>

In 2017, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded Verizon with a 1 out of 5 stars privacy rating, the same as Verizon's largest competitors, AT&T and T-Mobile.<ref>https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017</ref>

==Incidents==
===Selling Consumer Data (2024)===
FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data. FCC fined AT&T $57 million, Sprint $12 million, T-Mobile $80 million, and Verizon $46 million amounting to nearly $200 million.<ref>https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wireless-carriers-nearly-200-million-over-illegal-location-data-2024-04-29/</ref>
===Deceptive Advertising of 5G (2020)===
In March 2019 the Better Business Bureau cited that Verizon was falsely conveying that the 5G technology was currently available to customers.<ref>https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/333538/verizon-told-to-revise-first-to-5g-ads.html</ref> In May 2020 the Better Business Bureau criticized Verizon for claiming it was "building the most powerful 5G experience for America" and recommended that the company disclose the actual availability of its 5G network to its customers.<ref>https://venturebeat.com/mobile/bbb-blasts-verizon-for-5g-ads-says-coverage-claims-mislead-customers/</ref>

==References==
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===Video References:===

#https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdZt7ox1DDs

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Verizon

2025-03-05T00:40:50Z

Ethant: remove unnecessary links

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Verizon
| Type =Public
| Founded =1983
| Industry =Telecommuncations
| Official Website =https://verizon.com/
| Logo =Verizon 2024.svg.png
}}'''[[wikipedia:Verizon|Verizon Communications, Inc.]]''' is a major American telecommunications company headquartered in New York, New York. Verizon is the [[wikipedia:List_of_telecommunications_companies#World's_largest_telecom_companies_by_total_revenue|second-largest telecommunications company in the world]] by revenue and has the [[wikipedia:List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers|largest wireless network in the United States]] with 146 million subscribers as of December 31, 2024.<ref>https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ</ref>

In 2017, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded Verizon with a 1 out of 5 stars privacy rating, the same as Verizon's largest competitors, AT&T and T-Mobile.<ref>https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017</ref>

==Incidents==
===Selling Consumer Data (2024)===
FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data. FCC fined AT&T $57 million, Sprint $12 million, T-Mobile $80 million, and Verizon $46 million amounting to nearly $200 million.<ref>https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wireless-carriers-nearly-200-million-over-illegal-location-data-2024-04-29/</ref>
===Deceptive Advertising of 5G (2020)===
In March 2019 the Better Business Bureau cited that Verizon was falsely conveying that the 5G technology was currently available to customers.<ref>https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/333538/verizon-told-to-revise-first-to-5g-ads.html</ref> In May 2020 the Better Business Bureau criticized Verizon for claiming it was "building the most powerful 5G experience for America" and recommended that the company disclose the actual availability of its 5G network to its customers.<ref>https://venturebeat.com/mobile/bbb-blasts-verizon-for-5g-ads-says-coverage-claims-mislead-customers/</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Video References:===

#https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdZt7ox1DDs

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Verizon

2025-03-05T00:39:32Z

Ethant: added description and incidents

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Verizon
| Type =Public
| Founded =1983
| Industry =Telecommuncations
| Official Website =https://verizon.com/
| Logo =Verizon 2024.svg.png
}}'''[[wikipedia:Verizon|Verizon Communications, Inc.]]''' is a major American telecommunications company headquartered in New York, New York. Verizon is the [[wikipedia:List_of_telecommunications_companies#World's_largest_telecom_companies_by_total_revenue|second-largest telecommunications company in the world]] by revenue and has the [[wikipedia:List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers|largest wireless network in the United States]] with 146 million subscribers as of December 31, 2024.<ref>https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ</ref>

In 2017, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded Verizon with a 1 out of 5 stars privacy rating, the same as Verizon's largest competitors, AT&T and T-Mobile.<ref>https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017</ref>

==Incidents==
===Selling Consumer Data (2024)===
FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data. FCC fined [https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-fines-att-57m-location-data-violations AT&T $57 million], [https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-fines-sprint-12m-location-data-violations Sprint $12 million], [https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-fines-t-mobile-80m-location-data-violations T-Mobile $80 million], and [https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-fines-verizon-46m-location-data-violations Verizon $46 million] amounting to nearly $200 million.<ref>https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-fines-us-wireless-carriers-nearly-200-million-over-illegal-location-data-2024-04-29/</ref>
===Deceptive Advertising of 5G (2020)===
In March 2019 the Better Business Bureau cited that Verizon was falsely conveying that the 5G technology was currently available to customers.<ref>https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/333538/verizon-told-to-revise-first-to-5g-ads.html</ref> In May 2020 the Better Business Bureau criticized Verizon for claiming it was "building the most powerful 5G experience for America" and recommended that the company disclose the actual availability of its 5G network to its customers.<ref>https://venturebeat.com/mobile/bbb-blasts-verizon-for-5g-ads-says-coverage-claims-mislead-customers/</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

=== Video References: ===

# https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdZt7ox1DDs

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

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2025-03-04T22:58:11Z

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