Is Chrome Remote Desktop / Teamviewer / etc. bannable or against ToS?

Someone in my guild was saying that the leader of a different guild on my server was banned, and the reason was that they used Chrome Remote Desktop. Is Chrome Remote Desktop (and similar programs like TeamViewer) against the Terms of Service?

I don’t see how it would be, as long as it’s you controlling your own personal computer in real time, and not account sharing. Can anyone elaborate on this? Logically / technologically speaking, it’s no different from using a wireless keyboard/mouse and screen sharing / streaming (all of which are perfectly legal), since that’s literally all Chrome Remote Desktop is anyway.

Try it out . Let us know .

No thanks…

Technically yes.
But I don’t know how they would enforce that or even detect it.

You mean to use while actually playing the game? Maybe? I do remember though that at Classic launch there were a lot of players using remote desktop to login and get in the server queue before they were actually at home. I don’t remember hearing about any of them getting in trouble.

They have software that monitors what else is running while WoW is open. That’s how they detect any sort of banned software usage. From there, it’s just a manner of getting flagged and Blizz deciding how they want to handle it.

That was before they updated their policy on software replication. Though, whether or not RDP, TeamViewer and the like fall under that is really up to them.

Pretty sure TeamViewer and such were already against the rules. Botters use (or at one time used) them at work.

I use TeamViewer to access my work computer (since I’m working from home). If I’m running WoW on my home computer, and running TeamViewer also on my home computer, Blizzard is gonna ban me?? what the f***?

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Yeah if its banned software don’t use it while running WoW or Warden(think thats what its called) will flag your account if it catches you.

I dont know? You’d have to ask them.

IMO banning people for using remote software is absolutely crossing the line. Especially in the state of the world today.

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If it is, they do send out warnings first. I had a similar issue with accidentally leaving my AutoHotKey running from another game.

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“Cloud Computing: Use the Platform, including a Game, in connection with any unauthorized third-party “cloud computing” services, “cloud gaming” services, or any software or service designed to enable the unauthorized streaming or transmission of Game content from a third-party server to any device.”

From this I am guessing that running WoW via teamviewer,rdp,google,ect would be prohibited.

They have an issue with streaming the game thru another service to you. It has been frowned upon for a while now and I am sure their warden application can detect it. But if properly configured it can also tell if you are actively playing WoW thru it or if it is just running in the background for work access. I have been working from home for almost a year now, using remote access to my work computer and I some times log into WoW during lunch to play a bit. They haven’t contacted me about it yet.

TeamViewer / Chrome Desktop are not “cloud computing”. You are not running the game on a cloud service, you’re running the game on your personal computer that you own, you’re just screen sharing.

The only thing I can think is it facilitates account sharing. Eg 3 people could rotate on an account from the same location to keep it always playing, but that should be easy to detect.

Yes. Remote play is a ToS violation.

It isn’t replication. It has been bannable for a long time. Remote play is against the ToS. My best guess would be because of the ability to run bots that dont depend directly on the games files to function that may be able to run on a remote machine cloaking it from Warden. NVIDIAs cloud client is prohibited, Shadow is prohibited and all the others like it and that includes RDP, TeamViewer etc. The question is, is it worth the risk of a ban?

Cloud Computing: Use the Platform, including a Game, in connection with any unauthorized third-party “cloud computing” services, “cloud gaming” services, or any software or service designed to enable the unauthorized streaming or transmission of Game content from a third-party server to any device.

Edit: It appears they have modified the verbage in that particular rule semi recently. As it hasn’t been that long since I pulled it up for someone else. It seems the use of RDP like programs may now be permissable. It’s hard to say as it looks to specifically target services like NVIDIA geforce now and Shadow now where as previously it was a blanket no remote use.

What a stupid rule. My pc would sopport wow in a few years and i was looking foward to Geforce now.

Now, i am Dissapointed.

The ToS says using Cloud Computing services is against the ToS. The ToS never even mention the words “remote” nor “desktop”. So how is TeamViewer / Chrome Desktop against the rules? They are explicitly NOT “cloud computing” services.

No? Well maybe but I never encountered a issue.

I have used it plenty of times to log into my account for various reasons. I do it weekly to open my vault while at work.