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Blizzard helps cops track down a World of Warcraft player, who's a suspected drug dealer. | |||||||
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http://kotaku.com/5437861/blizzard-helps-cops-track-down-wow-fan-suspected-drug-dealer
Pretty interesting read. Blizzard ToS say they are free to give information such as IP addresses and account information in case of either law enforcement, or in case Blizzard believes that doing so may protect your safety or the safety of others (suicide, bomb threats, etc etc). |
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Posted On: 01/02/2010 10:31AM | View Fran's Profile | # | ||||||
Mi lykez WoW Log in to see images! |
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Posted On: 01/02/2010 10:45AM | View Retardz's Profile | # | ||||||
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I’m not a huge wow player, since I already have my fair share of addictions, but I don’t like this. It seems like Blizzard is crossing a line here, imho. |
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Posted On: 01/02/2010 10:58AM | View CoreyJess's Profile | # | ||||||
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I am so glad I’m not playing WoW.. not cause of any sales of chemicals on my part, but cause it’s practically crack incarnate anyway, despite being boring as ****. |
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Posted On: 01/03/2010 7:46PM | View Moodburger's Profile | # | ||||||
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Fran Posted:
IIRC, it’s part of the EULA, although very few of us read those anyways. |
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Posted On: 01/03/2010 8:04PM | View Sergeant Cid's Profile | # | ||||||
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I’m sure it’s in the eula.
Fact: it will stay in the eula if the playerbase doesn’t complain too much. It’s well within their rights and they have to collaborate with police on other internet crimes like say fraud. My credit card number was stolen from my bank’s database last year and they bought twelve months of wow subscription; I personally am relieved to know that wow is willing to work with law enforcement to stop stuff. |
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Posted On: 01/03/2010 8:54PM | View Fortunato's Profile | # | ||||||
I agree with CoreyJess, Blizzard entertainment have crossed the line, even if it was to help track down a criminal, it’s still Un-ethical. |
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Posted On: 01/23/2010 1:45AM | View Squarez-'s Profile | # | ||||||
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Your mileage can and will vary when it comes to ethics and the internet, especially when it comes to really touchy stuff such as privacy. But hey, if it is in the best interest of protecting people and their stuff, AND IT REMAINS THAT WAY, Id remain all for it. I wont think any less of you if you think otherwise. That said, you wont cach me playing any Blizzard games anytime soon…but tahts mostly because they are overrated. That however, is another story for another day. |
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Posted On: 01/23/2010 2:42AM | View dobnits's Profile | # | ||||||
Fortunato Posted:
I think it’s for that very reason Blizzard might want to rethink its liberality with helping law enforcement.
The internet has made it a lot easier to con people, and if Blizzard is so willing to be forthright with private information like that, the company itself becomes a target. |
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Posted On: 01/23/2010 2:54AM | View mterek's Profile | # | ||||||
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Well, what can you do? Drug dealing is illegal, after all, and they can’t exactly refuse the police.
If it was just a hint, however, and they had no conclusive leads, then yes, that’s a blatant invasion of privacy. |
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Posted On: 02/08/2010 10:32AM | View Drakodan's Profile | # | ||||||
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That’s pretty ****ed up, but really nowadays what can you expect? |
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Posted On: 03/08/2010 9:10PM | View CaptainDDL's Profile | # | ||||||
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Law enforcement has legal ways of making them give up the information, so their cooperation is really just PR on their part. |
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Posted On: 03/08/2010 9:58PM | bummoppet | # | ||||||
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Posted On: 03/08/2010 10:05PM | View Melanin-Enhanced...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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**** the police
brb getting arrested |
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Posted On: 03/08/2010 10:09PM | View CHALKONEUPTODALO...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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Huh, glad I’m not a WoW-playing drug dealer. |
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Posted On: 03/08/2010 10:32PM | sdgrbbum09 | # | ||||||
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If only it was legalized Log in to see images!
But really, by law they were going to have to do it anyway. They saved themselves and the police time and money, and showed parents out there that “we try to keep stuff safe”, which is bull**** of course, but it portrayed a better image to every teen’s parents. And every other kid is playing WoW these days.
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Posted On: 03/08/2010 10:40PM | View megazeroexe's Profile | # | ||||||
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Sergeant Cid Posted:
true most don’t read, but if once in a while you read some part, after a while you start to learn what to pay attention to in EULAs (like privacy policies regarding third parties and rules regarding multiple accounts) |
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Posted On: 04/17/2010 8:21AM | View Rastanarcharisma...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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Go Blizzard!
Personally I think people whine way too much about privacy issues when the potential to help so many is there. If it takes the police knowing about my perverted porn collection and nerdy lifestyle to catch pedophiles, killers and other criminals, then so be it. I’ll suck it up and deal with the occasional inconvenience. |
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Posted On: 04/17/2010 8:55AM | View Dunatis's Profile | # | ||||||
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bummoppet Posted:
I don’t know the full story, but the legal way to obtain this info is with warrants. If no warrant was presented, this action was totally uncalled for (unless of course this dealer was spamming WoW trying to sell his stuff or something) |
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Posted On: 04/17/2010 8:56AM | View Rastanarcharisma...'s Profile | # | ||||||
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I’m not sure a warrant would even be necessary. It’s like a hotel. You may be renting a room there, but the hotel owner can grant permission for the police to search any room, even without a warrant. I think I read somewhere about a case that was ruled like that, if I find it I’ll repost. |
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Posted On: 04/17/2010 9:00AM | View Sergeant Cid's Profile | # | ||||||