Occupy EA

[TheGateKeeper]

It doesn't effect me because I don't have Origin, but what can EA do with your information if they actually do take it? I don't get it. I know Google collects a lot of personal information (even what emails you read) so they can serve you better advertisements, and I don't see people boycotting Google.

[Slay]

Hello!

Major Pirate Here!
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Anyway, if you have a problem with anything the game developers are doing, don't buy the games.
I agree, they have no right to be rummaging your things about, but truthfully the installers do very little things besides installing.
They DO in fact scan your computer. I had one situation where I installed an EA game, NFSMW, to be exact, and I have a certain file in the install directory that gave the installer a fake key, to download it without my needing to type it in, I still use these by the way. I have noticed with several installers that they are no picking that up, and simply refuse to work properly afterwords. Also, they "scan" the disk directory for the compressed files it needs. And aswell as your specs, room on your computer. But nothing more beyond that. One of many reasons Origin exists is to stop pirating, using a few tactics like the one I said before, it made it nearly impossible for me to get BF3 all because it had the right defense, imagine a wall, without builders, the wall can be climbed over. But with them, the wall can get taller, and defences against intruders, and that's how EA and some other developers are defending themselves against piraters. No scanning is done to steal information, and in fact no information is ever sent to EA when you play singleplayer and have not registered.
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