EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset

Re:EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset by corncobpipe on Monday October 31, 2011 @12:01PM (#3177841)

I admit I haven't read all the comments here so I apologize if someone else has made the following comment. This story is nonsense.

Install Process Explorer (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653), launch Process Explorer, install Origin, launch Origin, log in with your username/password. Let Process Explorer run for an hour or so and filter out any results where the Origin directory is being read.

What are you going to find? Nothing.

Most of this outrage is based on a photoshopped screenshot in a BF3 forum, the rest is speculation, not based on fact.

Try the Process Manger experiment for yourself.

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Re:EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset by jonursenbach on Monday October 31, 2011 @12:38PM (#3177995)

They may not actually be collecting data right now, but the ToS explicitly grants them the ability to do so at some point in the future.

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Re:EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset by corncobpipe on Monday October 31, 2011 @01:35PM (#3178230)

People are freaking out on this like it's already happening. I point out how you can monitor the program and now I'm getting a negative feedback? Fuck this place.

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Re:EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset by Dylan16807 on Monday October 31, 2011 @02:51PM (#3178516)

The negative feedback is because you called the story nonsense. The story is about the TOS.

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