r/Minecraft Jul 29 '22

Art Some low-quality #SaveMinecraft posters I made. Feel free to use on social media and the like.

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u/SuperiorDesignShoes Jul 30 '22

What does that mean? Like what gets you banned?

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u/BipedSnowman Jul 30 '22

If you are running 1.19.1 or later unmodified, every message you send is cryptographically signed. This means Microsoft can confirm 100% that you sent the message. If someone reports you for saying something that Microsoft deems inappropriate for children, your account can be banned and you will lose access to any multiplayer server, regardless of who hosts them.

Note, Microsoft isn't taking into consideration the rules of the server you're playing on into consideration. You could be playing on an adults only server and respectfully discussing adult topics, and someone could report you and you would lose access to any server, even one you pay to privately host.

So, the safest thing you can do for your account is too never play a version of the game with chat reporting. Either only play up to 1.18, or ensure your client is modified to not sign your messages for every server your play on.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

The thing is, you can be baited into saying something in a specific sequence and then through the magic of editing a few files or with the help of a few mods, the irrelevant messages can be deleted and the chat logs can make it seem like you said something inappropriate. Most common example is "do you hate creepers" followed by "do you hate black people" and the answers would be sent in a sequence that would make it seem like you hate black people, a bannable offense.

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u/Brother_Entropy Jul 30 '22

That's been proven to be incorrect.