EA origin Spyware

FARGO said:
For some reason I got the impression that you wanted to know if Origin would scan for hax on one account whilst leaving another, non-haxing account alone.
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Yeah this is partly my interest , Say I have young kids who have applications like origin and so forth . I may use the same PC for business and work from home from time to time . Important private details and contract information may well be on the drives , that other users do not have permissions to share . It may well in that case be in some huge companys interest to buy all the data from my IP or area for that information .
 
rossiboy001 said:
Yeah this is partly my interest , Say I have young kids who have applications like origin and so forth . I may use the same PC for business and work from home from time to time . Important private details and contract information may well be on the drives , that other users do not have permissions to share . It may well in that case be in some huge companys interest to buy all the data from my IP or area for that information .
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But Origin / EA cannot search all the files on your computer. Need to do some more homework before you worry. ;)
 
EA don't exactly have the greatest record for regard for users rights tho and Origin EULA definitely is a lot more liberal with what it allows EA to do than most other software even if quite a bit of software has similiarish terms.

If your gonna be paranoid about it tho don't take half measures, only use it on a PC that has nothing else of importance on it.
 
rossiboy001 said:
Yeah this is partly my interest , Say I have young kids who have applications like origin and so forth . I may use the same PC for business and work from home from time to time . Important private details and contract information may well be on the drives , that other users do not have permissions to share . It may well in that case be in some huge companys interest to buy all the data from my IP or area for that information .
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*Not sure if serious*

EA would have far more than nerd rage to contend with if that were the case, they'd be looking at the pointy end of the computer misuse act.

You really think that a multi million dollar, hugely successful games company would implement highly illegal corporate/in depth file spying functionality into their digital distribution software for giggles or something?

If so, you've definitely watched too many spy films, they just want to know what web browser you use, no different to Steam.
 
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orderoftheflame said:
*Not sure if serious*

EA would have far more than nerd rage to contend with if that were the case, they'd be looking at the pointy end of the computer misuse act.

You really think that a multi million dollar, hugely successful games company would implement highly illegal corporate/in depth file spying functionality into their digital distribution software for giggles or something?

If so, you've definitely watched too many spy films, they just want to know what web browser you use, no different to Steam.
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Point is do they care and is it there problem if anyone just comes along and buys it ,of the shelf no questions asked . Like a shop . They are after all a business and to them its just another revenue stream .
 
rossiboy001 said:
Point is do they care and is it there problem if anyone just comes along and buys it ,of the shelf no questions asked . Like a shop . They are after all a business and to them its just another revenue stream .
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You wear a tinfoil hat, don't you?

Seriously, if you're THAT concerned, scrub your PC then torch it. Just to be safe.
 
Memphis said:
You wear a tinfoil hat, don't you?

Seriously, if you're THAT concerned, scrub your PC then torch it. Just to be safe.
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Perhaps im deff in the minority on this one fair enough , But the thread question remains what can be done to negate such stuff as origin , steam and any other application with similar EULA . whilst being able to use it . Forget about the reasons , politics , or indeed my sanity lol . Still 3 ways have come up from you guys which im looking into cheers .
 
rossiboy001 said:
Point is do they care and is it there problem if anyone just comes along and buys it ,of the shelf no questions asked . Like a shop . They are after all a business and to them its just another revenue stream .
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Whut? You do watch too many films don't you..

Just go to Q branch and get some mega encrypted hard drives. I've heard the ones that explode in case of an attack are rated 4.5 stats on amazon.
 
Origin wont do anything bad with your material. Do you use paypal? imagine the admin of that. He could go into your account, steal £100000 with no trace and leave you for dead. Same with ebay, they stole £10 of me but that was my fault. I forgot to pay sellers dues.
I know paypal wont actually do that. But they could. Its all about trust in todays online world.
 
marc1024 said:
Origin wont do anything bad with your material. Do you use paypal? imagine the admin of that. He could go into your account, steal £100000 with no trace and leave you for dead. Same with ebay, they stole £10 of me but that was my fault. I forgot to pay sellers dues.
I know paypal wont actually do that. But they could. Its all about trust in todays online world.
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Trust you hit the nail on the head . Guess I no longer do , not since they started selling you half a game , and making you pay extra for it under the guise of DLC . lol . But that doesnt mean Im not going to forgo the enjoyment these games give to me or my family . Just rationalise the balance against risk that these applications bring .
 
Antar Bolaeisk said:
Did you ever get your 50mb connection speed sorted out Rossiboy?
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Yeah works a treat now . And is very consistent .often on downloads can hit 5MB"s we use ethernet than wireless as there always the usual connection problems . But Virgin 50Mb is the most reliable connectivity I have had yet .
 
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