I’m not clear on how much truth there is to either sides’ claims, but I note that there is a privacy page on Carrier IQ’s website where they claim “When Carrier IQ’s products are deployed, data gathering is done in a way where the end user is informed or involved. ”
Obviously that’s not true, or there wouldn’t be all this brouhaha, QED.
In response to the RealID debacle, I canceled my pre-orders for Star Craft 2 and for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. They sent me a response to an emailed question today, which of course ignored my question completely, while including this gem near the end, “Over time, we will continue to evolve Real ID on Battle.net to add new and exciting functionality within our games for players who decide to use the feature.”
Translated from PR speak, “we’ll be making it mandatory right after the christmas rush, so fuck off”.
Yeah, I’m not regretting my decision to make leaving permanent. Welcome to the post-activision-world we all knew was coming.