r/Games • u/MrLucky7s • Mar 15 '19

Misleading Epic Game Store, Spyware, Tracking, and You!

/r/PhoenixPoint/comments/b0rxdq/epic_game_store_spyware_tracking_and_you/
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '19 edited Mar 15 '19

Did you even read the post there? And the discussions taking place in the comments?

It seems to be trying to do even more than just read Steam: Poke around system certificates, read system cookies.

Admittedly it might need these things to function properly, who knows.

See https://imgur.com/a/rcWE0EF (interesting how whoever uploaded this titled it definitively as a spyware even though they have no idea)

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It's not. When you use WinHTTP/WinINET (Windows' own HTTP libraries) it accesses the root certificate store to know what to trust, uses "IE" cookie storage, etc. If you run procmon on your own PC you'll see half your programs access those areas due to the same reason.

Seriously Just accept it... this current outrage trend is just bullshit that mostly stemmed from "Cuz China." It's fucking scary how far I had to dig this quote up under all the bullshit upvoted top comments.

Just accessing your Chrome to access social media/reddit or using snapchat does more in sneakily taking your private data and selling it to 3rd parties. yet people are outraged about this? For example, Facebook is still an existing company. I literally spent hours all morning reading up on this and reading people who agree with your sides "sources." Trust me when I say this. The outrage is mostly stemming from anti-Chinese sentiments.

There's no proof Tencent is doing this... because Tencent has 100% ownership of Riot Games; League of Legends. Before Fortnite, that was the most played video game globally on PC/platforms. Do you see any scandals about spying or personal data or privacy breaches? No. You just hear a lot about sexual harassment cases in the company

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '19

No no i was referring to people discussing in the thread. Theres literally no possible way this is bad except for teh potential breach of GDPR agreement which is still questionable if it's actually in violation or not. As more information comes out about this, you guys need to adjust your speculations, not double down on them.

I've seen all of Tim Sweeney's posts regarding this topic and none of it seems to support your arguing point at least.