irons Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 So. In the latest CGW podcast, they received retail boxed copies of BF 2142. 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. Now, I can live with certain in-game ads (though apparently there will be Dodge truck and Neon ads in the bleak, futuristic world of 2142), but including a lengthy description - outside of even the Eula - seems to indicate even EA knows that this is some shady borderline spyware shit. I don't support it and won't be buying 2142 (for a host of other reasons, too). From DRAGON: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/centipedes/ba...ware-207955.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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irons Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 (edited) I started a new topic because I felt this would a pertinant sperate conversation from the demo. As this isn't about the demo but the full blown game. Quoting Dragon just to ensure he gets the cred. On top of that I saw the link before he posted. Edited October 18, 2006 by irons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 IGA's Townsend On BF2142 In-Game Ads "Specifically, IGA's software uses the IP address for geotargeting of in-game ads (so that European ads are not shown to those in the U.S., for example). It also creates a unique user number that's generated locally, and is able to re-identify the gamer when he next appears online. In addition, IGA's in-game ad solution does capture the time of day that the user started to play each gaming session - Townsend mentioned, as an example, that "if the brief says 'Males 18 to 34'", the ads may only be served between 6pm and 9pm on a weekday evening or similar, to replicate 'primetime' viewing. The time that each ad impression takes place is also recorded by IGA, alongside what type of ad content it was (billboard, megaboard, or video stream), the duration (how long was the ad seen for), the size of the ad relative to the player, and the angle of deflection (what angle the ad is viewed at)." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarSpartan Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Just how retarded can they make a game before everyone including the fan boys tell EA to shove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 credit goes to Dragon for finding this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Just how retarded can they make a game before everyone including the fan boys tell EA to shove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 What took them so long... Not that it'll change anything Dragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarSpartan Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I read on the official site that the spyware is supposed to be ONLY a check of your IP so that they can put in regional specific advertising. That seems light and easy enough to stomach - where is the info that indicates the spyware is a wide ranging data collection type of spyware ? Im wondering which of the stories is actually correct at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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