EA's Origin may be glorified Spyware, causes mass upset

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Zkuq on 24 August 2011

OK, pretty much no way I'm buying Battlefield 3 now. Wasn't likely before, now it's practically impossible.

Ail said:

Since this comes as a huge surprise to you i guess you do not run Windows Vista right ?
Because bitching about some installed app collecting data about you when the OS already does all of that is kind of bitching for no purpose..........

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-about-the-WGA-20-Windows-Vista-Features-and-Services-Harvest-User-Data-for-Microsoft-58752.shtml

MS doesn't seem to use that data to identify users. I believe Origin's EULA allows them to identify users. Naturally both are bad but obviously EA's is worse. Besides, it is more reasonable for an OS to gather data than it is for a single program.

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vlad321 on 24 August 2011

Ail said:

Since this comes as a huge surprise to you i guess you do not run Windows Vista right ?
Because bitching about some installed app collecting data about you when the OS already does all of that is kind of bitching for no purpose..........

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-about-the-WGA-20-Windows-Vista-Features-and-Services-Harvest-User-Data-for-Microsoft-58752.shtml

Wait, you could only come up with shit for an obsolete, shitty OS? I am disappointed with your misinformation this time around.

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