Stumble It!I found an article on BBC News that talks about the software blizzard uses to monitor botting programs such as glider and whatever else is out there. In the article, he discuss the software known as The Warden which is what blizzard uses. This software monitors all current running processes on your machine as it is said to only read the name of the windows that are open in your current windows environment. This knowledge of the program came about from a software engineer named Greg Hoglund. He disassembled the software and discovered that it did a lot more than just checked running processes and looked at open windows. Mr Hoglund said: "I watched The Warden sniff down the e-mail addresses of people I was communicating with on MSN, the URL of several websites that I had open at the time, and the names of all my running programs." The EFF has named this software spyware and has considered it a serious invasion of privacy. I'm not sure about you but I don't use bot programs but I don't like having blizzard monitor all my actions while the game is open. Thats ok for all those Chinese botters out there that make their living by exploiting the game, just not for me. The full article can be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4385050.stm
Friday, February 8, 2008
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Thanks for cluttering up my realm forums with stuff that is neither news nor interesting. Have fun getting on the conspiracy bandwagon.
Did you post this on EVERY WoW forum? I hope you get banned from posting for violating the Forum Code of Conduct.
Also, if you read the ToU/EULA for WoW (which you have to every time you patch the game) it speaks to this and you are expressly agreeing to allowing Warden to do what it does. Spyware, absolutely. But you every player consents to it.
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