World of Warcraft's Brand New Rootkit

Captain Kirk writes "We all know that World of Warcraft has checked for hacks to ensure a safe game environment for all players. The latest version of these checks goes beyond anything seen so far in that what is being checked is now completely encrypted. Obviously this hits bot writers as can be seen from these complaints, But it also strikes at the privacy of all users. Now Blizzard has a tool that is encrypted and can run any type of scan, transfer any file or edit any document on your computer. That can't be right."

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And I know this sounds crazy in our faux capitalist "customer is always wrong" universe, but why not organize and complain to Blizzard? It's not like players aren't already organized into large social groups (c.f. Clans, etc.). They could be mobilized and if they spoke with a collective voice might have an impact. I doubt most players would be comfortable with some corp. being able to toy with their boxes at will, and if it were explained in those terms I think you wouldn't have to work hard to convince people to mass e-mail complaints to Blizzard or something similar.

Or you could pack up, stop playing, go home (or out into the sunlight as the case may be ;). But why is it that the first reaction of this crowd when confronted with something good that has something bad piggy-backed onto it is this scorched earth "abandon the good" mentality? It's the same absurd attitude as those who say "you don't like our president's policies? why don't you leave the country, then?". How about instead of leave the country, work for change and reform? Things go to shit because good people leave instead of fighting to protect what is valuable to them.