From ba3cf3f3a3221e35d0af9f6935987ae51523772b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hypevhs <4498312-hypevhs@users.noreply.gitlab.com> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:06:17 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Remove AdGoBye It's been mostly broken for a while, but a recent VRChat change has made it outright impossible to fix, so the project is dead. See: https://github.com/AdGoBye/AdGoBye/issues/105#issuecomment-2763012736 --- content/docs/vrchat/_index.md | 8 +++++++- content/docs/vrchat/adblocker.md | 16 ---------------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/docs/vrchat/adblocker.md diff --git a/content/docs/vrchat/_index.md b/content/docs/vrchat/_index.md index 80590f2..22c9564 100644 --- a/content/docs/vrchat/_index.md +++ b/content/docs/vrchat/_index.md @@ -27,5 +27,11 @@ Should the game prompt to exit the game upon an anticheat failure, simply try to Given a [few caveats](video_players/) most video players will work. +## Privacy + VRChat drags quite a tangle of privacy concerns. -Please consider your opsec in relation to all VR API input including poses, all voice communication, unsandboxed code execution, the EAC anticheat system which occasionally probes system proc info and much more, and the game maintaining a memory buffered audio video recording of the window contents tied to the report system. \ No newline at end of file + +Please consider your opsec in relation to all VR API input including poses, all voice communication, unsandboxed code execution, the EAC (anticheat) system which occasionally probes the list of all system processes, the game maintaining a memory-buffered audio/video recording of the window contents tied to the report system, and much more. + +In-game analytics can be blocked at the DNS level. These are often external services the game phones into to deliver usage statistics. Opt-out by blocking this domain list in your network or computer firewall/DNS service: https://github.com/Luois45/VRChatAnalyticsBlocklist + diff --git a/content/docs/vrchat/adblocker.md b/content/docs/vrchat/adblocker.md deleted file mode 100644 index 5ea3d66..0000000 --- a/content/docs/vrchat/adblocker.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ ---- -weight: 100 -title: Blocking Ads in VRChat ---- - -Ads are annoying, bloated, and wasteful of your time and attention. -They are found prominently in popular worlds, luckily the prefabs can be blocked by the end user with this handy git project: - -![AdGoBye](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdGoBye/AdGoBye/main/Marketing/lsmbeforeafter.webp) - -https://github.com/AdGoBye/AdGoBye - - -In-game analytics can also be blocked at the DNS level, these are often external services the game phones into to deliver usage statistics. Opt out by blocking this domain list in your network or computer firewall/ DNS service. - -https://github.com/Luois45/VRChatAnalyticsBlocklist \ No newline at end of file