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Re: BF2142 Comes with spyware

Lol you're wasting your time they're not switching back. There's just so much more potential in bf2142; namely walkers and the new titan mode.

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23 Reply by TK8177 (edited by TK8177 2006-10-17 16:48:51)

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Re: BF2142 Comes with spyware

solidgear wrote:

http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13049860

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 squeezey pooh. I don't support it and won't be buying 2142 (for a host of other reasons, too).

read it & weep folks, i bet u guys at firststrike r glad u decided to mod for bf2142 now, any sane person does not want spyware on there system, but ur mod requires it.

hahahaha, good luck, u should have stuck with BF2 as originally planned.

HAHAHAHAHA, too funny.

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you missed to say "which runs ONLY while you are using BF2142 online".
In other words keep up to date the ingame advert.

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Re: BF2142 Comes with spyware

You will have more of an audience and less of the headaches.

actually completely wrong on both counts.

The BF2 community can't stand anything Sci-fi at all. whereas 2142 they do.

perfect example is to check our news updates on totalbf2142.com and Planet battlefield.

2142 we get loads of comments each update. PBF were lucky if we get one. PBf being more BF2/BF42 vietnaam centred.

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Re: BF2142 Comes with spyware

That I appreciate, but the buying public need to be aware of the malware they r purchasing in bf2142, it is a pitty this mod is for that game, but sensible punters will refuse to buy utter crud from EA. People need to know the $hit that is being sold.

unfortunatly this mod supports that $hit crud from EA now.

Rock on malware.

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26 Reply by generalandrew (edited by generalandrew 2006-10-17 16:53:26)

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Re: BF2142 Comes with spyware

WAIT! Just get Windows Vista.... that'll take care of it, since I'm sure Microsoft never signed anything with EA, so their beta defender will remove it. If not, I'll just check the location in the Vista registry (by the way, games run GREAT in Vista). Besides, if you know enough about computers, I'm sure you can easily remove the file(s).

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Re: BF2142 Comes with spyware

TK8177 wrote:
solidgear wrote:

http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13049860

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 squeezey pooh. I don't support it and won't be buying 2142 (for a host of other reasons, too).

read it & weep folks, i bet u guys at firststrike r glad u decided to mod for bf2142 now, any sane person does not want spyware on there system, but ur mod requires it.

hahahaha, good luck, u should have stuck with BF2 as originally planned.

HAHAHAHAHA, too funny.

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you missed to say "which runs ONLY while you are using BF2142 online".
In other words keep up to date the ingame advert.

Hello, it is the legal bull we are talking about here. would most purchasers know of malware when purchasing, NO!!!!!. can you send it back if you disagree with the terms & conditions once you have opened the box. No, not unless u open it in the shop & ask for ur money back, or credit card company treats u nice.

Of course it only works when u play online, that called marketing spyware at ur systems private expence.

Stop making excuses for Mallware which unexpected purchasers have no idea about till they get home & open the box.:rolleyes:

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Re: BF2142 Comes with spyware

Well now that I know about it, I'm still buying it. I'll just remove it, others can too.

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