This is really fucked up ... so EA can see all my downloaded porn, music, shows etc. I love Mass Effect but ... damn this sucks!
So, I'll be coming to your house on Thursday. Just in case you might have drugs there, I will root through all your stuff. Then I will write down every piece of information I can get my hands on and sell that information to anyone who will buy it. After all, drugs are bad, mkay?mornal said:Oh no! So you mean to say that if I have Origin I'll get spam mail based on what it thinks I like? That's horrible! This is a completely new thing that will ruin everything forever! And you say it'll detect pirated software? How dare EA try to fight against an illegal practice! What has the world come to?
Well I declined to opt-in, but anyway that statistic doesn't account for me! Haha. I have uTorrent installed on a seperate PC to Steam :-DValiance said:http://torrentfreak.com/steam-gamers-are-avid-bittorrent-users-100823/
Don't get Origin, that is all you can do. And it's not against the law sadly.bbad89 said:This is spying, plain and simple, and I'm fairly certain it's against the law. Can't we do anything about this?
Steam Keeps a record of what Steam Games you have installed, and your system specs. It doesn't monitor if you have 10 GB of illegally downloaded TV shows or a cracked copy of photoshop.HassEsser said:STEAM keeps records of your programs installed, too
just tah let you know
I'm sure when Origin ask for access the average person would have the following reactiongodofslack said:I severely doubt it has the ability to do anything threatening. In fact I doubt it does anything crazy. I'm sure it can easily be blocked by any competent anti virus.
...Do you honestly think Origin does that?Voodoomancer said:It doesn't monitor if you have 10 GB of illegally downloaded TV shows or a cracked copy of photoshop.
God dammit EA!
You don't have to complete the survey if you don't want to. It makes it very clear what data it's collecting and it doesn't affect your ability to play games if you decline.mad825 said:Not according to their survey. see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.leet_x1337 said:Yeah, but not ALL of them. Just the ones you got from Steam.HassEsser said:STEAM keeps records of your programs installed, too
It's not opt-out, it's opt-in. It's part of the Steam user survey. If you weren't aware of sending your data, then you didn't send your data. Except obvious stuff they have to know like what Steam games you've got.Yosharian said:Also, doesn't Steam do exactly the same thing? Someone mentioned that it does, but you can opt out of it. I'm not sure whether I opted out of it when I installed, and I can't find any setting option in Steam settings that would disable such a thing. Hmm.
Google is very good about telling you what data it's collecting and having highly configurable preferences for opting out.mornal said:For some reason when EA spies on its users people boycott but when Facebook and Google spy we still use their services.
Also an EULA alone does not satisfy the informed consent provision of the EU Data Protection Directive. A privacy notice is required to be much more visible to the user.Gardenia said:Also, I think the Norwegian Data Inspectorate will have a problem with this.
That depends what country you live in, of course.KingsGambit said:And it's not against the law sadly.
Judging by the responses on this thread, people do care, though they may be in the minority among the general gaming public.prince_xedar said:noone cares about this.