EA's Origin is creepy and watches you sleep!

[Dirty Hipsters]

STEAM keeps records of your programs installed, too

just tah let you know

yeah, pretty much this, steam has been doing the same scummy thing for years, but apparently steam can do no wrong. *shrugs* both services are shit IMO.

Steam lets you know about this up front, without you having to dig through the EULA, and steam also allows you to pot out of this, which Origin does not.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

I actually had heard some of that (I think Root Of All Evil mentioned it on some thread yesterday), but I too am surprised at the lack of outrage. That is absolutely ridiculous.

Maybe because not many people want to get Origin, or they are just use to companies doing this everywhere else? Didn't they say you'll need Origin to play Battlefield 3 or something? Anyone's guess....I guess.

Also, I like The_root_of_all_evil's avatar. Draws the eye.
And speaking of Avatar.... Good on ya.

 

[NinjaRock]

Its things like this that make me wish that developer studios would abandon EA for better publishers.

 

[dfphetteplace]

Does EA realize there is a program for downloading all their games that doesn't do this type of activity? uTorrent. They are making it much more appealing to just steal their software even by people who don't want to pirate.

I absolutely hate piracy, but there comes a point where enough is enough.

I might start stealing games and sending cash to the developers (not the publishers) in unmarked envelopes.

That is pretty much what I was getting at. These companies are more like a badly thought out sick joke.

 

[jpoon]

That's bullshit, I just un-installed origin. They just lost a customer for that crap.

 

[nothingspringstomind]

10 years ago we used to download programmes to stop exactly this.

What were they called again? Oh yeah ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMMES

I get more and more depressed the more i hear about how companies are treating there customers worse and worse.

 

[Daelda]

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=8488436#edit8488436

You are not required to use the Origin desktop client to download, patch or play the game client for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=8488436#edit8488436

You are not required to use the Origin desktop client to download, patch or play the game client for Star Wars: The Old Republic.

...That's nice? Why is this relevant?

 

[Voodoomancer]

It doesn't monitor if you have 10 GB of illegally downloaded TV shows or a cracked copy of photoshop.

God dammit EA!

...Do you honestly think Origin does that?

It might at worst note that you use Photoshop, but it would be way too much work to get it to find out whether or not it's a legitimate copy. For that level of accurate assessment of the contents of your harddrive the application would need a database containing hundreds (or thousands) of MBs worth of information about applications and media.

I don't really. Exaggeration is my main for of communication.

 

[Randomyze]

I sent an email requesting the refusal of the release of my personal information in accordance with the 'Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act'. Seeing how it is a Federal law here in Canada I am interested in seeing how they answer. I want to play SWTOR when it comes out.

 

[ahtf]

Did you miss the aprt where they say they will never share any information to third parties that can identify you.

 

[Hugarh1]

yes steam does this too, although I don't think they monitor websites.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

I like how µTorrent is 23rd on that list with 29% of people having it installed. Shows how many pc gamers are dirty pirates

1) Not everyone who has utorrent is a pirate

2) Its also proven fact that "dirty" pirates are Steams, and the whole industries, best customers. Go figure.

Yes, because µTorrent gets downloaded by so many people just to download the minute number of files that are illegal. Not everyone who uses the Pirate Bay is a pirate, but does that justify it?

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Pretty sure you tick a box to agree to this when you install it. It says something like 'EA customer feedback' If you don't tick the box it doesn't happen. It's the same with The Sims 3.

 

[SextusMaximus]

I have only one sentence for this.

 

[Something Amyss]

I see your one to subscribe to a situational prevention theory of blaming the victims. What you're saying basically amounts to a woman being raped and then people saying "well it's her own damn fault for wearing a short skirt and walking around at night." Of course all of us should be careful, but you can't fault the victims for a wrong that is obviously not their fault. If companies weren't being malicious with their software then what I'm saying would be a moot point, but they are malicious, and I really don't see how for you the blame doesn't fall on them ENTIRELY for being that way.

Oh God, don't turn this into an issue of victim blaming. This is spelled out in the EULA. People accepting are signing a contract. They should be paying attention for the love of God. Complaining that they're made "hard to read" doesn't make you a victim, it makes you lazy. Complaining that the companies are mean doesn't make you a victim, it makes you a fool for knowing they're "malicious" and then dicing it anyway.

 

[Srdjan Tanaskovic]

Well ok, not really, but EA's Origin does watch everything you do on your computer.

If you read the End User License Agreement for Origin it states that by installing Origin you're giving EA the right to monitor your PC and to make a profile of you, including what programs you have installed (and whether you have any illegally downloaded material), what websites you use, etc., and that EA reserves the right to share or sell this information to third parties.

Why have I heard NOTHING about this yet? Where is the outrage? Is it just that no one actually reads the EULA, or is it that in the age of facebook no one cares about people monitoring everything they do?

still waiting for that picture that shows it in the EULA

 

[Doclector]

No, EA, no! You're going back to the dark side again! We don't want the old EA, the whore that released tons of yearly sports games, never launched innovative IPs such as mirrors edge and bulletstorm, and was generally a prick! People, help me get EA back in rehab!

Wow this is evil. Not just overpowered multiplayer pre-order bonus evil, not just parking attendant ticket for being away for a minute too long evil, actually full blown umbrella corporation, tim curry in a clown costume evil. If they don't put a stop to it soon, they should face legal precedings.

But of course, they won't they're too rich to be guilty.

EXTREME CAPITALISM: S*** WORKS!