Tipper Nic directs our attention to this forum post, where we read of a disheartening little slip of paper that suggests some seriously gross spyware will be installed along with Battlefield 2142, all in the name of in-game advertising:
Update: Some of you guys wanted to have a read of the new IGA white paper Click Here! and here's EA's take of the situation
Bottom line is your paying for a personal ad server? LOL and you think that's ok? Think again and would you trust EA with your personal information? 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.
Kotaku
Update: Some of you guys wanted to have a read of the new IGA white paper Click Here! and here's EA's take of the situation
Bottom line is your paying for a personal ad server? LOL and you think that's ok? Think again and would you trust EA with your personal information? 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.
Kotaku
