据了解，针对手机游戏平台Game Center不能显示用户真实身份的问题，苹果对该平台功能进行了一些调整。从现在开始，Game Center用户在发送或接收添加好友请求时，可以查看对方在iTunes帐号上的真实资料。

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苹果针对iOS 4平台用户的官方说法是，“我们调整了Game Center的用户说明条款，提醒您注意：如果您发送了一个好友添加请求，对方可获知你在苹果ID上的真实姓名；如果你接受了一个好友添加请求，对方也同样可以获知你在苹果ID上的真实姓名。”

苹果的这项措施很显然意在提高Game Center功能的信息透明度，但需要注意的是，这个新功能只对新添加的好友管用，用户仍然不能查看原好友的真实资料。

另外，Game Center好友列表仍然只能显示游戏玩家自定义标签，所以用户真实姓名与自定义资料并无多大联系。

而且如果真有人想隐瞒身份，他们也可以在发送请求前，将自己的真实资料从头到尾都重新手动编辑一遍。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Apple adds real iTunes names to Game Center friend requests

Demonstrating some of the problems of running a social network not based on real identity, Apple has decided to tweak its Game Center platform.

It’s still based on user generated gamer tags (effectively whatever name you want to give yourself), but now when you send and receive friend requests, the real name associated with that iTunes account is used.

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The official change to Apple’s Terms & Conditions for iOS 4 explains it thus:

“We have changed the Game Center terms and conditions to provide you notice that if you send a friend invitation, the full name associated with your Apple ID will be shared with the recipient. If you accept a friend invitation, the full name associated with your Apple ID will be shared with the sender.”

It’s an obvious shift to make in terms of improving the transparency of the system, although clearly it doesn’t work retrospectively in terms of your existing friends.

Equally, within your Game Center friends list, only game tags are listed, so there’s no permanent association between real and invented identities.

And anyway, if they so desire, users can manually edit the message before sending it, and removing their real name from the entire process. （source:pocketgamer）