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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by HenryBemis on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:48PM (#19536565)
Epic runs Fortnite, that allegedly made $3bn profit in 2018 [1]. That is not a small feat, plus they have a foothold in millions of machines. And from the dialogue we had in HN a few days ago on how Fortnite was accessing/scanning steam friends it seems that they are pretty greedy to map out any relationships they can.

[1]: https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2018/12/27/fortnite-de...

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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by Gaelan on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:35PM (#19537801)
IIRC they read Steam friends but did not do anything with the data without consent.
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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by Joakal on Sunday March 31, 2019 @05:22PM (#19538485)
And? Just because they read non-Epic game files without consent and do nothing, doesn't mean they're not going to pull a facebook.
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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by godelski on Sunday March 31, 2019 @08:00PM (#19539305)
Not to mention that it just poses a security risk, to YOU (the consumer). More places that have your data means more ways for it to leak.

Don't just blow this off as "oh but they aren't using it" (to GP, not parent). If you're going to gather data, there needs to be a reason. Hoarding it can be dangerous.

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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by comex on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:11AM (#19542160)
AFAIK, the Epic launcher copied the data to a different location on the user’s disk, but didn’t transmit it over the Internet. So the data wasn’t “gathered” in the way you’re suggesting.
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