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aiolos

Wed 18 Oct, 2006


Battlefield 2142 to include spyware?

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After the Sony rootkit,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> now it seems we might have the EA spyware.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> Some people just never learn from the mistakes of others
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h__p:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/www.techspot.com/news/23236-Battlefield-2142-to-include-spyware.html
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h__p:<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>/www.kotaku.com/gaming/centipedes/battlefield-2142-with-a-dash-of-spyware-207955.php
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When you open the box,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> a big slip of paper falls out first,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> preceeding any discs or manuals.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> The slip of paper says,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> essentially,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> that 2142 includes monitoring software which runs while your computer is online,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> and records <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"anonymous"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> information like your IP address,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> surfing habits <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>(probably via cookie scans)<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> and other <b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>"computing habits"<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> in order to report this information back to ad companies and ad servers,<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b> which generates in-game ads.<b style="color:#FFA34F"></b>