Big Brother EA Spying on You?

[Anarchy1]

Re: Big Brother EA Spying on You?

i dont get it, they know when i illegally download music and movies?

Probably not, but technically they are allowed to. But they couldn't do anything if you did.

[Anarchy1]

Re: Big Brother EA Spying on You?

If your saying its legalese, go run Wireshark and watch the traffic of info going back and forth from Origin, compared to Steam its insane.

Thanks for the advice.

Instead of getting BF3, I will get MW3, where my IP is public.

[RangerXML]

Re: Big Brother EA Spying on You?

Your IP is already public, there is no masking your IP unless you go through a proxy. With MW3 being on dedicated servers with free public server files you no longer doing p2p unless you choose to (so no more DDoS annoying hosts like in MW2).

[Anarchy1]

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Exactly my point. Why worry about Origin having my IP when it is already public anyway?

And it's still possible to get everyone's IP from dedicated servers. Get rcon access, and type in "/status"

[Dangerdog]

Google spies on you every second of every day and you never even got to read an EULA

[RangerXML]

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The point is Origin tracks hardware AND software activities on your PC, at will with you not having the choice to opt out. Steam randomly selects PCs and then asks if its ok to check your hardware and software configurations.

[Vreki]

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The point is Origin tracks hardware AND software activities on your PC, at will with you not having the choice to opt out. Steam randomly selects PCs and then asks if its ok to check your hardware and software configurations.

Do we really know that? There has been a lot of talk about what the TOS allows, but I haven't seen any confirmation of what Origin actually does.

[nemes1s3000]

This is not a big deal, seriously. They don't have the balls to do anything. Quit fussin over nuttin.

[Rambo]

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I dont like it!,its my pron and nobody else's

Will it report any pirated software?

Just because i give them $100 for a game doesnt mean i sell my PC's soul to the devil?

[Vreki]

Re: Big Brother EA Spying on You?

I dont like it!,its my pron and nobody else's

Will it report any pirated software?

Indeed they will, and they will also activate your webcam and inform your mom of any wrongdoings.

[zuiquan1]

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If there really monitoring me than I should be getting some pretty fucked up advertisements :P

[RangerXML]

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Do we really know that? There has been a lot of talk about what the TOS allows, but I haven't seen any confirmation of what Origin actually does.

Did I not say that Origin has a high, high amount of network communication beyond that of Steam, you can see the traffic by running any network monitoring tools like wireshark.

[Vreki]

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Did I not say that Origin has a high, high amount of network communication beyond that of Steam, you can see the traffic by running any network monitoring tools like wireshark.

The amount of network traffic doesnt tell you anything about what it contains.
Unless wireshark shows a list of all your files and hardware being sent?

[Anarchy1]

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I saw another thread on another forum in which a user checked what files Origin accesses. It apparently accesses your registry and your ProgramData folder.

[Rambo]

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Ok now after i realise the implications im getting alot more angry at this and you all should too

This is not cool and its entrapment, seriously dice need to be taught a lesson here.For me it could be a deal breaker.

I dont give EA permission to rifle through my files, no Sir!:gay_hand:

Get mad!!

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comme...ycotting_will/

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/eas-or...ins-eula/3616/

Im trying to find a thread on EA forums about this.