Re: firewall securing outgoing traffic?

From: Michael (leahcim@ntlworldNO.UCEcom)
Date: 01/30/02 

From: Michael <leahcim@ntlworldNO.UCEcom>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 23:17:55 +0000

On Tuesday 29 Jan 2002 20:42 pm, Bruno Wolff III
(bruno@cerberus.csd.uwm.edu) wrote:

> My perception is that game companies are getting more aggressive in
> trying to get marketting information about people who use their games
> and I don't trust them to not try to have their games call home.

So run the game in an environment that doesn't have "marketing
information" about you in it.

Unless you regulary join games with your nick set to your CC number I
can't really see what information you think they'll get? 

-- 
Michael.

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