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An die Stelle der Google Captive Portalabfragen hat Valve Corporation einen eigenen Dienst implementiert, der sich während der Client-Initialisierung als auch bei einigen Spielen aktiviert.Current captive portal checks Telemetry service, both in interaction with the Windows Error Reporting Service (error reports and telemetry data) and as an individual service.CSer Steam Telemetry Steam Datagram Relay (SDR) is a Steam technology designed specifically for multiplayer games to improve network latency and connection stability. SDR can be used as a telemetry service via the Steamworks API.Steam Datagram Relay Upload unauthorized device data via SteamErrorReporter. The behavior now runs directly via the steam.exeSteam ErrorReporter Valve Corporation implemented captive portal queries in the CLient for about 3 months that were sent via Google. Depending on the user configuration of the own system, up to 15,000 queries could be made daily.Steam Google Captive The revision of the library introduced in 2019 contains a fatal error. If the scripts responsible for this are not loaded, users stand in front of a blank page and have no access to their content.Steam empty library Paypal tracking cookies in the shopping cart, even if its not actively used.Steam Paypal Logger Steam users are tracked on every page. As in userbilitytracking, as example next to the IP address, the account ID, login and geodata, sotware, and tracking settings are recorded, as well as pages already visitedSteam Userbilitytracking