Yeah, fair enough. That's one fairly obvious example.
However, I think my point somewhat still stands. Yes, RALX / the dev of that game trying to blackmail those pirating his game with legal action is pretty scummy. But again what was he actually going to? Take them to court for doing something possibly illegal while doing also trying to doxx them which is illegal?
That's some Rick and Morty 200IQ shit there!
Don't get me wrong, your point is 10,000% Valid and Justified.
This is the internet after all, where I,
an abomination to the human race, is being tracked by the government, so they can find where I hid Madeleine Mccann's body.
an upstanding member of society, is having my data taken by corporations, so they can sell it to advertisers and make more money.
But in my 10 odd years of being a fucking degenerate- I mean living on the internet, I have only once had my IP used as a threat against me. And I told that kid I fucked his mum after that fact.
I just don't believe that Siren or the Overwhelming majority of game developers on this site want to use your data for nefarious reasons. But ultimately you are right, your privacy is a right not a privilege and everyone else can and SHOULD respect that or go fuck themselves.