RE: [GD-General] Collecting info from players

[Timur D. <ti...@cr...>]

To me all this issues reminds paranoia :)
Gathering platform specific information is a so natural thing, =
especially for game development companies, they must know thier user =
platforms.
OS type/cpu type etc... are all anonymous data this is not an email or =
your credit card.
Internet Explorer tell servers certain info about you machine and most =
users dont care,
If you dont trust commercial game dev company, that it wont sell your =
personal data, why did you bought thier product?
After all they could have done anything, from getting your email to =
installing backdoor client on your PC.

Will you consider sending your game CD key to multiplayer server as your =
privacy infringement? This is actually Much more personal data, it can =
tell where you live and bought this game.


-----Original Message-----
From: Noel Llopis [mailto:ll...@co...]
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:48 AM
To: gam...@li...
Subject: Re: [GD-General] Collecting info from players



On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:18:06 +0300
Ivan-Assen Ivanov <as...@ha...> wrote:

> Do we design the system to cater to the preferences of
> a small, vocal minority, severely reducing its utility in
> the process?

Clearly it depends on the program (whether it's online only or not),
your audience, and the type of information. However, I would also advice
against sending any information without the player first approving it.=20

I have downloaded many programs/demos in the past that during the
installation or as the first thing they did when I ran them was to try
to access the internet. My firewall caught that, I denied the access,
and promptly uninstalled the program and decided not to purchase it.

For what it's worth, I know of many people who feel this same way, or
even much more strongly, so it's not such a small, vocal minority as you
might think.


--Noel
ll...@co...



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