Nvidia Updates GeForce Experience - Accounts and Passwords Now Mandatory

[Doobedoo]

Personally i just hate getting called 3 times a day asking about the accident i never had or my ppi claim which i also have never had.

Lol I had an accident a few years a go where a driver behind me decided to drive into the the back of me, anyway cut a long story short.

I had one of those accident claim places ring me up and basically explained to me what to say, how the accident can and has caused injury the lot, she gave me everything I needed to make a successful claim, she sounded rather shocked when I proceeded to explain to her that company's like the one she works for is the reason my premium is so high.

 

[Doobedoo]

Will we still be able to download just the driver through steam? If you can then bye bye geforce experience.

 

[Pottsey]

But why? It's psychological. Nobody is sat there watching their every move . It's just data. A company can easily extract stats such as at 9pm x number of people were playing y game using machine specs z. A certain number of people experienced slow performance or crashes, etc. Nobody is sat there saying "oh look, Darren is playing Farcry 4 now gone for a cuppa" - this level of personal detail is not interesting IMO.

Strangely I have no problem with this stuff but don't like the idea of google glass type gadgets where one could record other people and stick it up on facebook or somewhere, because it's being made public.

Such large data gained on us all can also help protect us too, such as from terrorism (phone conversations, emails, etc). I'm happy for my phone conversations to be all recorded because unless there's good reason to look closely at me (legal reasons), nobody is really interested in me as an individual. Should I call someone under surveillance and talk about bad sh** then sure someone would take an interest in it and my data as an individual

Have you never heard of stalkers before? You wouldn't be saying all that if you experienced one"Nobody is sat there saying "oh look, Darren is playing Farcry 4 now gone for a cuppa" - this level of personal detail is not interesting IMO." it is to stalkers.

Rroff is correct in saying "few people like the feeling that someone might be watching over their shoulder judging their every move real or imagined."
Most people find it very stressful to have someone watching and judging there every online and real world move.

Information like playing Farcry, now gone for cuppa might seem harmless to you but enough info along those lines can be used in a harmful way by stalkers.

 

[Telecaster]

You need more memory.

I already can't get into my online banking because they changed up their password system and I've forgotten it all, I can only get in via the phone app

It just gets worse, there's just no need for a bloody account and password for every sodding little irrelevant thing.

 

[DarrenM343]

Have you never heard of stalkers before? You wouldn't be saying all that if you experienced one"Nobody is sat there saying "oh look, Darren is playing Farcry 4 now gone for a cuppa" - this level of personal detail is not interesting IMO." it is to stalkers.

Rroff is correct in saying "few people like the feeling that someone might be watching over their shoulder judging their every move real or imagined."
Most people find it very stressful to have someone watching and judging there every online and real world move.

Information like playing Farcry, now gone for cuppa might seem harmless to you but enough info along those lines can be used in a harmful way by stalkers.

BUt this information being gathered isn't being made available to the public is it? . Unless the terms and conditions state "Your information may be made public especially to stalkers who requested all information on you", then we shouldn't be worried.

 

[Doobedoo]

They can have my information if I can have theirs. I love to be able to access my favorite politicians phone records, emails, personal shopping habits. After all it's like nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels famously said "If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear"

Well I have nothing to hide I just like my right to privacy. Full stop. If I have some information that is needed for beneficial reasons that's fine but I I'm not going to hand over MY information so I can be targeted by annoying intrusive adverts based on my browsing or shopping patterns. Guess what? I am more than capable of determining whether I need something and I am equally capable of searching for that item when thye time comes.

 

[Pottsey]

BUt this information being gathered isn't being made available to the public is it? . Unless the terms and conditions state "Your information may be made public especially to stalkers who requested all information on you", then we shouldn't be worried.

I have lost count of how many times this type of information shouldn't end up available to the public but did end up in the public hands. I used to be like you but experience has changed that and I know better now. We should be worried. Its best practice not to sigh up and give out this type of information.

 

[bru]

Just how on earth some of you managed to use the internet at all is a complete mystery to me, your so paranoid. or is it just a sheer hatred of anything NVidia.

 

[Doobedoo]

Just how on earth some of you managed to use the internet at all is a complete mystery to me, your so paranoid. or is it just a sheer hatred of anything NVidia.

Well so far I managed quite well I only sign up to things that have a direct benefit to me under the understanding that my information is not being shared with others unless I request it to be. If a company wants to share my information with another then it should make it very, very clear, that way I can then make a decision on how I would like to proceed.

It not about being paranoid again it's about a right for privacy. I cannot afford teams of high paid lawyers to insure that for me so I have to do the best I can with what I have.

 

[bru]

Well so far I managed quite well I only sign up to things that have a direct benefit to me under the understanding that my information is not being shared with others unless I request it to be. If a company wants to share my information with another then it should make it very, very clear, that way I can then make a decision on how I would like to proceed.

It not about being paranoid again it's about a right for privacy. I cannot afford teams of high paid lawyers to insure that for me so I have to do the best I can with what I have.

So just out of interest.
What operating system do you use on your computer?
What Web browser do you use?
what mobile phone do you use?
Facebook, Twitter?

All run by companies that are without any doubt faultless with your information and have no clauses in their terms and conditions about using your data at all.

 

[Rroff]

So just out of interest.
What operating system do you use on your computer?
What Web browser do you use?
what mobile phone do you use?
Facebook, Twitter?

All run by companies that are without any doubt faultless with your information and have no clauses in their terms and conditions about using your data at all.

Just because some or all of those might be doing it doesn't make the proliferation of it right. Personally I'm sticking with Windows 7, I use Firefox but telemetry features are disabled, facebook is what it is you have a choice if you put anything on there that you'd be worried about being public or not, etc. etc.

 

[bru]

With hundreds of companies out there that ask for a log in when you use their services and nobody bats a eyelid and yet when NVidia does it all of a sudden it is a step too far, OMG how dare they.
Well here is a trick, if you don't agree with it, don't use it, it isn't mandatory.

 

[Telecaster]

Just how on earth some of you managed to use the internet at all is a complete mystery to me, your so paranoid. or is it just a sheer hatred of anything NVidia.

It's not really about that though is it? Not wanting to hand out personal information willy-nilly to every Tom, Dick and Harry doesn't a tin foil hat wearer make.

I bought something in Halfords the other day and after he'd given me a physical receipt in my hand he asked for my email address so he could send me an "E copy" I mean Wtf would I need that for if he's just handed me one, blatant attempt to spam me with **** I don't need or want.

 

[Doobedoo]

So just out of interest.
What operating system do you use on your computer?
What Web browser do you use?
what mobile phone do you use?
Facebook, Twitter?

All run by companies that are without any doubt faultless with your information and have no clauses in their terms and conditions about using your data at all.

No I completely understand that you can't get away with it completely without going down the route of using Tor Browser VPN's ect. Like I said I do what I can where I can. I need Windows so I put up with whilst trying to limit it's impact, I use Firefox but again I run ad blocks ect where I can and Facebook? No thanks.

Again it's not paranoia and it's not a hate of Nvidia I'm just skeptical by nature or as George Carlin once said " I f you scratch away at the surface of a cynic you will find an Idealist".

 

[humbug]

Its one thing when Facebook and the likes do it, its a free service so you expect them to make money from gathering your details.

Its different when the hardware vendor who you already gave £300 to does it, that does feel very much like you're being taken for #####.

 

[Pottsey]

With hundreds of companies out there that ask for a log in when you use their services and nobody bats a eyelid and yet when NVidia does it all of a sudden it is a step too far, OMG how dare they.
Well here is a trick, if you don't agree with it, don't use it, it isn't mandatory.

But we do bat our eyelids at those other companies. It’s got nothing to do with what NVidia does all of a sudden. It’s a step to far with most of them not just NV.

Just how on earth some of you managed to use the internet at all is a complete mystery to me, your so paranoid. or is it just a sheer hatred of anything NVidia.

Neither as its not us being paranoid its the others being far too careless. Its got nothing to do with a hatred of NVidia. Its about being sensible.

 

[drs101]

All companies want demographic data, not sure what people think they will do with it, the internet isnt a private thing, your isp will know what your doing anyway unless you encrypt.

If you want total privacy you prob shouldn't be online.

 

[Rroff]

With hundreds of companies out there that ask for a log in when you use their services and nobody bats a eyelid and yet when NVidia does it all of a sudden it is a step too far, OMG how dare they.
Well here is a trick, if you don't agree with it, don't use it, it isn't mandatory.

Nothing to do with nVidia - you'll see the same posts about Windows 10 privacy stuff in that section of the forum and on other Windows programs - in some cases they've stepped back and removed it due to it not being desirable but sadly its slowly creeping more and more into normal stuff :|

 

[humbug]

All companies want demographic data, not sure what people think they will do with it, the internet isnt a private thing, your isp will know what your doing anyway unless you encrypt.

If you want total privacy you prob shouldn't be online.

For me its not about who knows what i do online, i don't care that my ISP and Google... ecte tracking me, gather my details.... its the fact that i have already given a lot of money to a company for hardware who then use that to farm me for more.

 

[melmac]

With hundreds of companies out there that ask for a log in when you use their services and nobody bats a eyelid and yet when NVidia does it all of a sudden it is a step too far, OMG how dare they.
Well here is a trick, if you don't agree with it, don't use it, it isn't mandatory.

What? Where have you been? People have complaining about Facebook's privacy settings, Google's settings, all versions of windows, especially windows 10.

Nvidia isn't been singled out. What a bizarre statement to make.