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Potential Issue with Anonymous Users Having Access to Game Chat

@jsettle1 I thought that was the case (that you were worried because of seeing some anonymous spectators pop up). Just don't worry about it. It's probably a lazy person like me from the league. These days the world has too many rules, and a whole bunch of them are unnecessary and annoying to normal people.
Hi @Astronominoff. The fact that I only suspect this activity is happening with regularity, does not diminish the very real possibility that it could be happening. Why make it easier to cheat? For comparison, the only time I've ever had anything stolen from my car, I had left the passenger-side door unlocked. It was a crime of opportunity. Allowing individuals to pull up a tab and view spectator chat while playing a game is like leaving a door unlocked. Most people are not bad people, but given the opportunity, good people sometimes do bad things.

Just to clarify: In the title of this thread, I should have written "spectator chat" instead of "game chat." I think my title might have caused some early confusion. I do not think I can edit it at this point.

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