EA Data Logging - Ambitions & Patch
saraswati:
It's extremely creepy.
I also note the following with interest in the patch information.
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*Players who play The Sims 3 with game modifications can now create a folder in which to place their game modifications. The folder should be located here:
C:\Documents and Settings\YourComputer\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods
*When Mods are placed in the official Mod folder, a notification will appear to remind players that Mods are installed.
*Placing Mod packages into the Mod folder is an officially sanctioned way to bypass assembly signing verification. The Resource.cfg file must be placed in this folder in order for the modifications to work correctly.
*When Mods are installed that are incompatible, the player will receive a message notifying them of the error.
*Additional bug fixes to existing features
I wonder if they'll try to make AM incompatible?
brownlustgirl:
May be a tinfoil hat moment, but I am suspicious of anything that requires phoning home through my game. I cut off all internet activity while playing, and this data logging sounds like a way for EA to see what we have in our games and how we installed them.
Guess they are just protecting their investment since they got rid of SecuRom.
markjs:
Quote from: uknortherner on 2010 June 01, 20:58:15
I don't see the fuss. I've just applied the patch to my base game (no EPs yet), and Data Logging is disabled by default. You have to actually enable it yourself and the tooltip clearly states it sends anonymous data to EA.
That doesn't prove that it's still collecting data.
Any way or another, I already blocked the game from acessing the network in my firewall.
I am too lazy right now to smonitor my TCP/UDP data.
uknortherner:
The thing is, this isn't actually new. I've just reinstalled the game for testing purposes, and during installation (pre-patch), I am asked if I want to share anonymous usage data with EA. Of course I clicked 'no', just as I've always done when I've reinstalled this game. The fact is, it's always been there. The difference now is, if you had inadvertently said yes, you now have a second chance on the option screen to opt out again. That option was never there before.
EDIT: I don't know if this option was ever there for the arred versions though. I've always used a legal copy.
jezzer:
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That is a gross invasion of privacy as far as I'm concerned, especially since they didn't warn us about that and ask our permission to log our data, first.
It's probably in the EULA. You agree to all sorts of fun things when you install a program. Ask all the people with modified XBoxes who lost their consoles when Microsoft pushed the remote destruct button.
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