MASSIVE SECURITY HAZARD in Spore!
CM:
Thank you for telling us this! This only shows that EA is in it for the bucks and nothing else. If they actually listened to the customers, this would have stopped awhile ago. If this is any indication of what is to come for The Sims 3, count me out. >:(
Zilla:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2008 June 19, 11:29:26
ACHTUNG!
As if SecuROM wasn't bad enough, there is also a MASSIVE SECURITY LEAK in Spore: If you EVER share ANY content with ANYONE, be warned that YOUR COMPUTER USERNAME is ENCRYPTED INTO THE CREATURE "IMAGE" FILE. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REMOVE THIS INFORMATION BY HEXING! This means that ANYONE who downloads it will know what your username is on your computer.
This represents a MASSIVE security breach because many people (foolishly) encode their real names into their Windoze username. Even if you don't, revealing this username to the world presents a point of vulnerability for attack by hackers. By sharing any Spore content ANYWHERE, you are leaving your computer open to attack and leaving yourself open to stalking and identity theft.
BEWARE!
All ass kissing aside Pes, but after not beiing here for awhile I was rather disappointed to read this. Certainly you must have a a trick or two up your sleeve to bypass this problem? Not that I was going to buy it, but still.
Silly people still feeding the cash cow. All one is ask is, why?
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Zilla on 2008 June 25, 16:10:07
All ass kissing aside Pes, but after not beiing here for awhile I was rather disappointed to read this. Certainly you must have a a trick or two up your sleeve to bypass this problem? Not that I was going to buy it, but still.
Yeah, don't put your name on your computer and/or don't share your files. It's really a problem that afflicts Sheeples, but there's an awful lot of them.
zolabee:
You know, I don't post ofter - usually when I need help (stupid non tech here), but I just have to say EA stinks! *read sucks* What chance does someone like me who is miles below you guys, but miles above even more people?
Thanks for sharing this info. I hadn't intended to get spore, but will pass this on to student's parents when school starts back.
SilentDream:
Quote from: wkndplaya on 2008 June 26, 20:24:34
spore will use the name of the account it was installed under so even though you changed your login name it will still use the name it was installed with. (if you uninstall,reinstall it will use your new one :)).
I don't think so. When I got my computer, the account was named something other than it is now. In documents and settings, the account folder still has the previous name and I have had games pull from that name before. So I wouldn't doubt that spore, though installed after I changed the account name, would pick up the previous name.
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