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Subject: Detecting 3rd party programs w/ client data collection? Author: Darkstone News [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Sat, Jul 05 2003, 04:52am In reply to: Darkstone News 's message, "Fertbert Explains Data Collection" on Sat, Jul 05 2003, 04:34am The following was posted by MrTact (Lead Server Programmer), on the Stratics UO Latest Updates Board: No. We are not. The 3rd party program discussed in FYI with respect to the recent bannings was detected entirely on the server side. Which makes sense, since we started monitoring that program over 2 weeks ago and we just patched out the client with the updated data collection feature yesterday. I will say it again, in the clearest possible terms: this is not spyware. We do not want to invade your privacy. In fact, to be frank, we don't really care about any individual's system specs -- we only care about that information in the aggregate, to inform the decision-making process about what changes we make to the client. We are not selling your email address to spammers. We are not scanning your system's memory, hard drive or registry for evidence of any other programs. If we were doing anything unethical, I would not be working here. To read other players comments or to respond to this discussion yourself, go here. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]