Battlefield 2142 With a Dash of Spyware!
#1 Guest_scaramonga_*
Posted 17 October 2006 - 09:02 PM
When you open the box, a big slip of paper falls out first, preceeding any discs or manuals. The slip of paper says, essentially, that 2142 includes monitoring software which runs while your computer is online, and records "anonymous" information like your IP address, surfing habits (probably via cookie scans), and other "computing habits" in order to report this information back to ad companies and ad servers, which generates in-game ads.
Kotaku
#2
Posted 17 October 2006 - 11:02 PM
Another thing I got an e-mail today saying my preorder from Best Buy got pushed back until Dec. 21st!!!!! What the heck does that mean!!!
#3
Posted 17 October 2006 - 11:25 PM
#4
Posted 18 October 2006 - 02:14 AM
I'm totally serial!
chriso_86, on Oct 17 2006, 07:02 PM, said:
Another thing I got an e-mail today saying my preorder from Best Buy got pushed back until Dec. 21st!!!!! What the heck does that mean!!!
Edited by mattyboy, 18 October 2006 - 02:14 AM.
#5
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:33 AM
If it was up to me alone, I will not be putting 2142 on my ranked game server. Just think of it. Hackers hacking games to get your IP and what not .... No thanks EA.
scaramonga, if it's ok with you I'll post this link up on my site.
Thanks
Dave.
#6 Guest_scaramonga_*
Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:58 AM
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Shockin stuff for ANY software company to implement...........
#7
Posted 18 October 2006 - 12:48 PM
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Posted 18 October 2006 - 03:44 PM
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Posted 18 October 2006 - 04:36 PM
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Posted 18 October 2006 - 05:56 PM
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Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:29 PM
#13
Posted 19 October 2006 - 01:27 AM
#14
Posted 19 October 2006 - 11:17 AM
I'm so angered by this I almost quit IBF2 last night because Spud (the other admin) wanted to get 2142 on our server. there is NO WAY I could andorse spyware of any kind. Lukily though, we can't put 2142 on our server so I'm staying put . It needs a specific server software to run. Yet another way for EA to rip off the public.
Edited by David_Heavey, 19 October 2006 - 11:20 AM.
#15
Posted 19 October 2006 - 11:31 PM
EA I think will get nipped in the butt on this one!!
Good for you Dave for staying put on the server thing!! You don't have to run the newest and best game to have a sucessful game server!!
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