• PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, this is a pretty classic honeypot method. Basically make something available but inaccessible to the normal user. Then you know anyone who accesses it is not a normal user.

    I’ve even seen this done with Steam achievements before; There was a hidden game achievement which was only available via hacking. So anyone who used hacks immediately outed themselves with a rare achievement that was visible on their profile.

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      9 months ago

      That’s a bit annoying as it means you can’t 100% the game as there will always be one achievement you can’t get.