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EA using Origin accounts to sign petitions without the user's consent?
Nickelob Ultra:
Now this is worth monitoring as the event progresses... This sounds really cool to watch and yet it's astoundingly disturbing at the same time. What petition does it link to?
Frontrox:
--- Quote from: Kalphiter on April 20, 2012, 06:55:47 PM ---You missed the point.
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That EA is using your account to sign petitions? It doesn't matter because they never work.
Robo:
I don't really think it's the practice, it's the principal. If EA can get away with using their users to sign a petition, they may potentially gain power akin to that of anonymous.
Or maybe I'm just full of stuff... idk
Night Fox:
--- Quote from: e-maxx on April 20, 2012, 06:44:01 PM ---you guys are acting like it's the end of the world i mean really it's just a petition
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are you stupid
it's not about signing petitions
it's about using your account without your permission
how would you like it if Badspot added 35486 signatures to a pro-gay petition because "all of the users support it?"
Kalphiter:
--- Quote from: Frontrox on April 20, 2012, 06:58:33 PM ---That EA is using your account to sign petitions? It doesn't matter because they never work.
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EA using accounts to visit referral links? It doesn't matter because they never work.