Crackers Cut Origin From Battlefield 3
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Actually this is exactly what I was expecting when I first read the stories about EA's EULA. Hence my reaction is not a knee-jerking as even this scanning by the program is more than I want a program on my system to do. Not becuase I have anything to hide, but because I do not find it acceptable for a company to force this on consumers. It's another step down the road of the games makers holding all the cards.Frehls said:
I cannot think of any other system that takes as much data as Origin in a non optional way. Even the collection of hardware and software data from your system by windows and steam is optional. The only time it's not optional in windows is for activation and in that case it is a hash for hardware change comparison that is sent. They cannot see from that hash what you have on your system just whether the systems hardware has changed dramatically promoting a new activation.
So even though I adore Battlefield games and have brought all previous ones, I won't be playing this one, until EA make the transmitting of the data it scans on my system optional.
Not all PC owners have no backbone, just most of them....
"Hey guys, EA actually is needlessly scanning files that they don't need to scan just like you think they are, but you're totally overreacting! They aren't reading any of the files (except the few times where it is reading some of the files but just pretend I didn't mention that)! In short, Origin is pretty much doing all the things you're mad that it's doing, but you're still totally overreacting! And remember, other programs do it too [small](please don't notice the opt out option in other programs please please please)[/small]!"Frehls said:
Yeah, so which branch of EA do you work for again?
Now this is some quality posting. Well done, sir. Both on intelligent thinking and on not buying Battlefield 3 at all as long as EA is still doing this instead of buying and cracking or pirating it.ph0b0s123 said:
It's also sad how many people are being tricked by that other guy's post. I'm starting to think we might be the only two people who actually read the entire thing.
He did say he was pointing out that its been done rather than endorsing that someone does it.maddog015 said:
So long as you've registered your legit CDkey with EA so that the BF3 authentication servers recognise you yeah you can play online.Dirzzit said:
As has been pointed out already all this one does is shorten the startup sequence from
Icon>origin loads>sign in to origin>select bf3>battlelog opens>sign in to battlelog>multiplayer
to
Icon>battlelog opens>sign in to battlelog>multiplayer
Every crack of this type has worked forever. if its patchable razer will just patch it too.GeneticallyModifiedDucks said:
also i was responding to your claim that you cant play multiplayer with the crack and rectified that statement.
I dont think i mentioned anything about ea being able to temporarily change that for short period of time at some point in the future.
Steam collect information on your computer without your consent. Making it technically spyware. Just spyware with a happy face, a limited collection set, and a good company behind it. What makes me angry is not that people are challenge this junk but that they are being complete hypocrites about it and doing it based on who they personally like or don't like and not who does what.Bek359 said:
Eh. sure EA will patch this, and then they'll crack the patch, and the cycle will repeat itself for awhile. I'm betting that the crackers will win in the end though, because in a year or three it'll no longer be worth EA's time to keep patching them out.
For myself, I intend to avoid everything associated with Origin like the plague. I'm afraid that this will mean no EA products at all before too long, but I don't consider that so much of a loss because their DRM has always been more trouble than their games are worth.
For myself, I intend to avoid everything associated with Origin like the plague. I'm afraid that this will mean no EA products at all before too long, but I don't consider that so much of a loss because their DRM has always been more trouble than their games are worth.