It sounds to me like they are saying the software has a method of tracking its own errors, and if errors occur, it will beam the information to the mothership. Also, it says it will track your usage of the game (probably for online games) and use your information, "in aggregate" with everyone elses information. (Apparently for the specific purpose of fixing bugs with QFE releases--and possibly for marketing research.)
Spyware? I guess my definition of spyware isn't as broad as everyone elses. If it's providing a function to make the application work better, great. If it got there to do stuff that they should have to tell me about (like finding my passwords, etc.) that's what I consider spyware.
Cschrieb
"The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise." -- Edsger Dijkstra
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It sounds to me like they are saying the software has a method of tracking its own errors, and if errors occur, it will beam the information to the mothership. Also, it says it will track your usage of the game (probably for online games) and use your information, "in aggregate" with everyone elses information. (Apparently for the specific purpose of fixing bugs with QFE releases--and possibly for marketing research.) Spyware? I guess my definition of spyware isn't as broad as everyone elses. If it's providing a function to make the application work better, great. If it got there to do stuff that they should have to tell me about (like finding my passwords, etc.) that's what I consider spyware. Cschrieb "The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise." -- Edsger Dijkstra