Unity says strange emails sent to developers were caused by 'human error'

Unity says strange emails sent to developers were caused by 'human error'

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https://www.pcgamer.com/unity-says-waves-of-strange-emails-sent-to-developers-were-caused-by-human-error/

In the past few weeks, more than a few game developers who use the Unity game engine have received strange and intrusive emails from the company. The emails range from inappropriate-message-from-your-ex creepy to more concerning reports of potential EULA violations, and they were sent in such a small time frame that some developers began to worry Unity had changed its privacy and user policies without telling anyone.

Yesterday, one developer from Dr. Spacezoo creator Smash/Riot tweeted an email that a coworker received after they left Unity idling overnight. Addressed to "REPLACE_THIS," the email says Unity "noticed that you have been inactive on the editor for a while" and asks if "there's something I can do to get you back to developing." The broken auto-generated subject line is a little odd but understandable, but why send such a personal email to someone who just went AFK for a bit? In a statement posted this morning, Unity explained what happened: 

Unity says strange emails sent to developers were caused by 'human error'

Jul 27, 2018, 9:30pm UTC
https://www.pcgamer.com/unity-says-waves-of-strange-emails-sent-to-developers-were-caused-by-human-error/ > In the past few weeks, more than a few game developers who use the Unity game engine have received strange and intrusive emails from the company. The emails range from inappropriate-message-from-your-ex creepy to more concerning reports of potential EULA violations, and they were sent in such a small time frame that some developers began to worry Unity had changed its privacy and user policies without telling anyone. > Yesterday, one developer from Dr. Spacezoo creator Smash/Riot tweeted an email that a coworker received after they left Unity idling overnight. Addressed to "REPLACE_THIS," the email says Unity "noticed that you have been inactive on the editor for a while" and asks if "there's something I can do to get you back to developing." The broken auto-generated subject line is a little odd but understandable, but why send such a personal email to someone who just went AFK for a bit? In a statement posted this morning, Unity explained what happened: