Concerns on bot detecting / scanning.

[Deathshiver]

Blizzard dont scan, we've had this 101 times

but they do take a snapshot and monitor your windows processes, how often and under what circumstances is a different story i guess;

its even in their tos - and yes, even the eu tos before people come raging it saying its illegal in the eu

youve agreed to those terms and if it was illegal then all antivirus and malware programs as such would also be illegal

blizz doesn't scan your computer in the sense, ooh a folder on c drive, lets have a look in it, it just simply snapshots if anything/logs your windows processes, and as long as they conform the fsa etc on security and privacy - then i dont see how it would be illegal for them, after all youve agreed to their tos;

someone will disagree with me ofc, but still - its in their tos and tbh unless you worked for them - i dont see how you can state other wise

This isn't true. Just because something is stated in the Terms of Service does not automatically make it legally binding if you agree to it. If the terms stated that you needed to jump off a cliff to play the game, you would NOT be (contrary to your belief) legally obligated to jump off a cliff nor would Blizzard be legally entitled to force you to jump off a cliff.

Scanning of a user's processes and other personal information is a breach of privacy laws and cannot be done regardless of terms agreed to. A good example of this is a government employee that agreed to the terms of World of Warcraft on a government issued computer -- is Blizzard legally entitled to know the processes running on a government computer?

Now, Blizzard does however have rights to scan their own process, as it legally belongs to them.

 

[standza]

This isn't true. Just because something is stated in the Terms of Service does not automatically make it legally binding if you agree to it. If the terms stated that you needed to jump off a cliff to play the game, you would NOT be (contrary to your belief) legally obligated to jump off a cliff nor would Blizzard be legally entitled to force you to jump off a cliff.

Scanning of a user's processes and other personal information is a breach of privacy laws and cannot be done regardless of terms agreed to. A good example of this is a government employee that agreed to the terms of World of Warcraft on a government issued computer -- is Blizzard legally entitled to know the processes running on a government computer?

Now, Blizzard does however have rights to scan their own process, as it legally belongs to them.

This!

 

[JP420]

WoW can no longer scan your system due to legalities, if they do, sue them and become rich ;]