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Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby SnuggleSnail » Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:51 am

Shubla's client sends:
  • Your character's position
  • Your character's names
  • The hat you're wearing
  • Every player that's around you
  • Your hat name
  • Every player that's around you
  • Your kin's character names
  • The hat of every player around you
  • All of your markers

https://gitlab.com/puruscor/purus-pasta ... r.java#L37
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                players.forEach((name, pair) -> {
                    if(name != null && pair.b != null && pair.b.a != null && pair.b.b != null) {
                        JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
                        obj.put("hatres", pair.a);
                        obj.put("ofsX", pair.b.a.x);
                        obj.put("ofsY", pair.b.a.y);
                        obj.put("gridId", pair.b.b);
                        obj.put("charname", name);
                        arr.put(obj);
                    }
                });


https://gitlab.com/puruscor/purus-pasta ... n/Gob.java
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    if(isPlayer() && this.glob.map.grids != null) {
        MCache.Grid g = this.glob.map.grids.get(rc.floor().div(11*100));
        if(g != null && glob.sess.ui.gui != null && glob.sess.ui.gui.charname != null) {
            Mapper.players.putIfAbsent(glob.sess.ui.gui.charname, new Pair<>(glob.sess.ui.gui.hatname, new Pair(rc.div(11).floor().mod(new Coord(100,100)), g.id)));
        }
    }


He's going to give you two excuses for this first, that he needs this for his map, and secondly that it was already part of apex's code based it on. The thing is, the code he based this on DOES NOT send this information, and things like your hat that he added himself are COMPLETELY irrelevant for the world map. Even if there weren't ANY potential reasons for that this aren't COMPLETELY MALICIOUS you DO NOT want to trust Shubla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlr_sbct7zU
http://www.havenandhearth.com/forum/vie ... 88#p858488

He has privated these videos of him abusing bots to kill hermits earlier. I wonder why he wants hat names and locations, when last world had an epidemic of people extorting nabs for hats. His client also sends other information, ex the food you eat, but I'm too lazy to wireshark his entire client and figure out every last thing it sends. I'm not entirely sure about privacy protection laws, but this probably breaking general data protection regulation laws. Note that Shubla has a history of violating licensing law, having openly plagiarized code and posting it as his own with donation requests.


There is NO way to turn this off
There is NO LEGITIMATE reason for Shubla to know what hat you're wearing
There is NO LEGITIMATE reason for Shubla to know other players you can see at any time
There is NO LEGITIMATE reason for Shubla to know where you are at any given time
There is NO LEGITIMATE reason for Shubla to know the names/hats of other players you see
Don't use Shuba's client
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Re: Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby DDDsDD999 » Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:53 am

SnuggleSnail wrote:but this probably breaking general data protection regulation laws

Nice typo you fucking retard. Maybe run your wall of text through grammarly so you don't fuck up majorly like this?
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Re: Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby wonder-ass » Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:59 am

imagine using shublas client
see homo sexuality trending,. do not do that.
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Re: Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby ChildhoodObesity » Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:59 am

fuck you man shubla and i were making record profits from these dumb nabs hats
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Re: Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby meus » Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:00 am

Everyone using a custom client to share their information is aware they already are giving up their map data... methinks.

The rest of us receive a free explored map, so we also benefit.
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Re: Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby SnuggleSnail » Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:04 am

ye, lots of other clients have an opt in to send map tiles for such a service. None of the other public clients send NEARLY as much data as Shubla's forces you to send.


edit:
I was wrong about this. For other mapping projects like odditown's map you actively needed to run a separate program downloaded from a separate site to contribute map data
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Re: Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby mulamishne » Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:05 am

meus wrote:Everyone using a custom client to share their information is aware they already are giving up their map data... methinks.


I disagree, this has historically not been the case with custom clients. Shubla has a history of doing scummy thing (the boat thing, stealing Alg's map code, etc) and this is just another notch in his belt of deceitful behavior.
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Re: Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby shubla » Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:11 am

OP is well known troll and sociopath so don't take him too seriously.
For any possible worrying users I'll make an exception and reply to his thread to address the list.
Your character's position
Your character's names
The hat you're wearing
All of your markers


Characters positions are indeed sent to the map server, along with name and hat, they're used for player icons. They are not saved for more than a few seconds, nor used by anyone else than users of the map with the specific token itself.
They can be accessed by the randomly generated token in the client, when private map generation is enabled.

Markers are sent to the map too.

Every player that's around you
Every player that's around you
Your kin's character names
The hat of every player around you


None of this is true, not sure why OP is lieing, maybe he is just too bad to read the code properly ¦]
Or is having so humongous erection from finally getting some bits and pieces to slander me that he cant think straight.

For more discussion, people can give their opinions on Purus Pastas official discord server, link to which can be found from Purus Pasta thread on forums.
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Re: Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby SnuggleSnail » Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:24 am

I like that you don't even address all of my points, but I'm too lazy to autistically argue with you at the start of the world over semantics, Shubla. Somebody will indapedantly verify shortly
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Re: Don't use shubla's client(Purus Pasta), it's spyware

Postby shubla » Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:28 am

SnuggleSnail wrote:I like that you don't even address all of my points,

Oh sorry I just read the first list.
To address the others:

https://www.havenandhearth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=68337&p=858513&hilit=boat#p858513
Here is link to the boat video if people want to see it, fun stuff. Op is taking it just a bit out of context ;)

Food stuff is also sent but that's nothing new and was sent since a long time already. The food data can be accessed at http://hnhfood.vatsul.com/
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