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Re:EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset by chaostheory on Monday October 31, 2011 @12:59PM (#3178083)
> But there’s a significant difference. Valve’s policy is self-restricted to anything on your PC directly relating to its own products. EA’s is so broad that it gives the publisher permission to scan your entire hard drive, and report back absolutely anything you may have installed, and indeed when you may use it, and then pass that information on the third parties.

So currently Valve uses that clause mainly to scan for cheats and hacks; EA goes way beyond.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/24/eas-origin-eula-p...

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Re:EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset by maximilianburke on Monday October 31, 2011 @01:28PM (#3178196)
EA also updated Origin's EULA after that article was posted:

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/26/ea-revises-origin-eula-dat...

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Re:EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset by pyre on Monday October 31, 2011 @04:13PM (#3178829)
But not the Privacy Policy.
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Re:EA's Origin may be glorified spyware, causes mass upset by chaostheory on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @12:17AM (#3180599)
All they changed is the tone of the language, and nothing else.
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