Could anything bad possibly result from me sharing it with them?
Ubisoft might ban you from playing their games.
So no.
More seriously, probably not; the importance/secrecy of SSN / national ID numbers in the EU isn’t the same as for the US, and you’re not giving the ID to the SKG people, but to the EU.
If anypony is still on the fence or hadn’t signed since it reached the 1 mil target, Please sign it anyway! (EU and UK only)
Some votes are bound to be discounted because of technical or human errors, so every vote is important. This thing could lead to very positive changes to the gaming industry, particularly in Consumer’s Rights.
@Background Pony #E100
Also worth noting is that this isn’t a petition but a Citizen’s Initiative. That means if we get enough signatures, the European Union is legally obligated to take action.
The signatures are over 1.000,000 already, but some of those are bound to get rejected for misspelled names and spoofed ID’s. Keep g everyone, we need at least 1.4 million legitimate signatures to be safe.
@Mr.Myoozik
TLDR is that they are trying to make it illegal for game devs to make a game which will stop working entirely if they pull the plug on servers. In order to follow the suggested law proposed by this, they either have to make a way for the game to be played offline, make a server side software available to the public, or release source code so that the public has the tools needed to do one of the 2 above.
This movement was made as a direct response to things like that need for speed game that stopped existing entirely after the devs pulled the plug on servers.
Keep in mind that is what the petition is proposing. How EU law makers choose to implement it could differ wildly, but it’s still worth a try. The end result could still differ wildly in implementation from the petition’s suggestion, which I expect to some extent as devs like EA, ubi, ect aren’t going to take this sitting down since it is a direct attack to their predatory business model.
As Ross explained it the government already has your social security number, they’re just asking it for verification.
I’m on the fence about g it because it wants my social security number. Could anything bad possibly result from me sharing it with them?
(EU and UK only)
Edited because: pic didnt show up
Yeah that too and EA
is it the ex-blizzard employee?
Agreed
Though there are already lobbyists trying to stop them
(Guess whos on the lobbying floor!)
Also worth noting is that this isn’t a petition but a Citizen’s Initiative. That means if we get enough signatures, the European Union is legally obligated to take action.
Alright thanks for the explanation
The Crew, not NFS.
TLDR is that they are trying to make it illegal for game devs to make a game which will stop working entirely if they pull the plug on servers. In order to follow the suggested law proposed by this, they either have to make a way for the game to be played offline, make a server side software available to the public, or release source code so that the public has the tools needed to do one of the 2 above.
Edited because: Added context
oh yep its working now!