Hacking Question Family members being banned

[Hernie]

Does anyone know or have an idea if my console gets banned, and I have a second switch that is a child's account that is linked to mine, will it get banned, too?

 

[LightOffPro]

Perhaps. Who knows.

 

[APartOfMe]

~snip~

 

[sniper_x002]

Only one way to find out!

 

[Hernie]

Perhaps. Who knows.

I'm almost thinking to delete the account and then recreate it with a different email, but not sure if that's even possible if that name isis permanent attached to me.

 

[The14thfly]

Does anyone know or have an idea if my console gets banned, and I have a second switch that is a child's account that is linked to mine, will it get banned, too?

If it's the same account, yes. If it's a different account tied to yours then no because I believe that would illegal.


If I'm wrong, please feel free to correct me.

 

[Hernie]

Only one way to find out!

I don't want TWO switches banned, lol.

 

[APartOfMe]

I'm almost thinking to delete the account and then recreate it with a different email, but not sure if that's even possible if that name isis permanent attached to me.

ah. i didn't realize it was the same account. yes it's very likely that it could be banned as well

 

[Peabutt]

All joking aside I don't think anyone really knows.
People with switches that had no homebrew or anything like that on it have been banned along with their other console that did have homebrew, etc.
You will just have to wait and see tbh. If they do ban it your best bet would be to just contact Nintendo and play dumb to see if they will remove it because its a child's console.

 

[Hernie]

usually a ban will be console specific. If you use another switch, it won't be banned. I assume you were banned for cheating online, if you do it on the second switch, it could be banned. In extreme cases, nintendo can do IP bans, but that's unlikely

... Because I know that people that have been banned tried to use that account on a different console and it was banned, too. So it wasn't really console specific, but account specific.

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Someone wanna try for me??

 

[APartOfMe]

... Because I know that people that have been banned tried to use that account on a different console and it was banned, too. So it wasn't really console specific, but account specific.

yeah. if your planning on doing hacks, it's probably better if you unlink your account from the child account

 

[nando]

let us know.

 

[Hernie]

let us know.

I don't think I can unlink the account without deleting it.

 

[Hernie]

I don't think I can unlink the account without deleting it.

 

[funnyguywiiu]

click bait title

 

[Hernie]

click bait title

Ok, so how would you have named it if I have a legitimate question about this subject? It wasn't meant to be click bait. People have responded with legitimate Answers and thoughts.

 

[FAST6191]

If you have been reading about various developers then a) current understanding is the initially thought to be clean device might not have been so clean and b) that might have been a reaction to them -- if you have a hacker with advanced skills after you then you most certainly want to consider roadblocks. If you can link devices they own* then legally and morally it would be fine to ban them.

*this may also extend to former email addresses and accounts, or some variation on the theme (you might just want to note the internal keys/"serial" of the device if keeping email from deleted accounts would trouble privacy laws.

The PR backlash from doing it to a shared account like that will probably prevent it from happening if and when Nintendo start doing bans for the "peeps following a guide on the forums" style hacks. That said if it is a child account that could modify things a bit as you would arguably still be the controller/owner of that account.

If de linking accounts is something that will not be too much of a pain to you, possibly also starting a new profile on one or the other (think similar to what might happen if you sold it -- even coming from the same IP it might be a housemate, shared connection...) then there are worse courses of action. If I am running a proper security team and my ambition is to nail you to the wall then that would be fig leaf security, if Nintendo has to operate with PR in mind then yeah.

Suffice it to say though I would be quite surprised if your hacked one got banned and the other got pinged at the same time when it was clean.

 

[AmandaRose]

Ok, so how would you have named it if I have a legitimate question about this subject? It wasn't meant to be click bait. People have responded with legitimate Answers and thoughts.

It should have had a ? at the end of the title as without one it is a statement insted of a question.

 

[Hernie]

It should have had a ? at the end of the title as without one it is a statement insted of a question.

Well the tag on the forum post WAS a "question", so by clicking on it, you should have known it was in fact a question.

 

[AmandaRose]

look at how it shows up it definitely does not look like a question.