{"id":19652,"date":"2019-12-08T17:15:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T13:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=19652"},"modified":"2019-12-08T17:15:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T13:15:51","slug":"dubai-police-games-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/dubai-police-games-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Police Warns Residents About How Those Free Online Games Bank Off Of Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Police knows what&#8217;s up and they&#8217;re always ready to inform residents on avoiding scams, like the phone or bank scams that have been going around. But a new warning about those &#8216;free&#8217; online games we have all played, at least once, may have a back story to it.<\/p>\n<p>According to a tweet by the Dubai Police HQ on Saturday, most &#8216;free&#8217; online games make a profit through collecting and exploiting personal information- resulting in the violation of privacy. This should be noted the next time you or your children make use of such games.<\/p>\n<p>Use the internet wisely, people.<\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most \u201cFree\u201d online games make profit through collecting and exploiting personal information thus violating your privacy, so be careful and spread awareness among your family members.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YourSecurityOurHappiness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YourSecurityOurHappiness<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmartSecureTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmartSecureTogether<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DubaiPolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DubaiPolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DPAwareness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DPAwareness<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mmUA9DyPrV\">pic.twitter.com\/mmUA9DyPrV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dubai Police\u0634\u0631\u0637\u0629 \u062f\u0628\u064a (@DubaiPoliceHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DubaiPoliceHQ\/status\/1203201033700286464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dubai Police knows what&#8217;s up and they&#8217;re always ready to inform residents on avoiding scams, like the phone or bank scams that have been going around. 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