Taken from here.

"So. In the latest CGW podcast, they received retail boxed copies of BF 2142.

When you open the box, a big slip of paper falls out first, preceeding any discs or manuals. The slip of paper says, essentially, that 2142 includes monitoring software which runs while your computer is online, and records "anonymous" information like your IP address, surfing habits (probably via cookie scans), and other "computing habits" in order to report this information back to ad companies and ad servers, which generates in-game ads.

Now, I can live with certain in-game ads (though apparently there will be Dodge truck and Neon ads in the bleak, futuristic world of 2142), but including a lengthy description - outside of even the Eula - seems to indicate even EA knows that this is some shady borderline spyware shit. I don't support it and won't be buying 2142 (for a host of other reasons, too)."



EDIT:

Erm... someone shows me the slip of paper that they're talking about.




This post has been edited by Dark Steno: Oct 18 2006, 02:59 PM

Wait, does this mean that if you use the internet strictly and only for porn, that the in game ads would be for porn ads?

"Enlarge your penis" or something like that. So, yeah.

Viagra pills for sales...
lol...

i receive viagra spams daily now.. knn..

The ads are just as bad as the ads you see above here in LYN.
You people are just overreacting.
EA is not going to scan your PC for lolipr0n, lawl.

Collected and installing. Blehhh...

Please la i have heard enough of this from totalbf2142 and totalbf2
everyone is so paranoid and hates bf2/Ea/Dice so much that they are willing to dig up dirt just to screw Ea/Dice Sales of bf2142

for the prople playing bf2.
you know how much information is collected for the stats system?
Collin the representetive from Dice has already explanined that it will only collect information about the advertisements ingame and nothing else

Erm, do I need to bold this part of the sentence?

The slip of paper says, essentially, that 2142 includes monitoring software which runs while your computer is online, and records "anonymous" information like your IP address, surfing habits (probably via cookie scans), and other "computing habits" in order to report this information back to ad companies and ad servers, which generates in-game ads.

funny, I didnt see that slip when I opened my box. But I saw pics of that slip before. What can we do? Just watch and see what happens? People are smart. I'm sure there's something we can patch to take care of it sooner or later.

loli and porn add on tank's or mech's hull... lol

then teamspeak will like " oi!! need repair, no!! not that one.. i am the one with viagra ad.."

try to scan for adware or spyware using program like spybot if it didnt find any then is safe to know there is not harm to us...

those are future porn advertisment sexy robots porn

LMAO
that "oii!!" really makes me laugh

"...who are you mannn!!..." the Raj Curry ad. on TV3

This post has been edited by Raikkonen: Oct 17 2006, 06:39 PM

This spyware thingy ... will the PC be in danger of Trojan virus ?

hey the server is back on! I'll look see inside the game and look for the controversial ads now.

be ready with karpersky anti virus n cheap but good AVG antivirus and some anti-spyware software ad-aware SE and spybot search n destroy... i had all this installed.. my comp free of viruses... at least..

Im not so worry abt the virus ... im just worry abt "key-logger".

key logger.. fuiyo... hehehe.. all the ppl see is A A D D W W SPACE R ENTER ENTER ENTER(strafting left n right firing a enemy.. jumping to avoid sniper's shots and reload then die.. waiting in the spawn menu..)

This post has been edited by convicted_knight: Oct 17 2006, 07:37 PM

LOLROFLMAO!!!!!!