Blizzard Adds Timestamps To WoW Armory

Posted by Soulskill on Monday January 18, 2010 @10:25PM from the hope-your-boss-doesn't-know-your-character-name dept.

Kharny writes "In a move that could cause serious privacy problems for players of World of Warcraft, Blizzard has added timestamps and an RSS feed to the game's online armory site. This new feature will mean that anyone can follow 'real-time' developments in a World of Warcraft character, which display the exact time and date, so that others can see that person's playing habits. Many players have already complained about the fact that there is no opt-out setting, and this opens very big possibilities for online stalking."

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There is no privacy in WOW by MrRTFM · 2010-01-18 22:30 · Score: 5, Informative

unlike most other online communities there is no way to show your status as 'Offline' (which makes it very annoying sometimes) In fact all this data is obtainable anyway - just makes it a bit easier for mom to see that johnny got that epic sword last night at 10:30PM - THAT'S PAST YOUR BEDTIME JOHNNY!!!!

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