Blizzard taking legal action vs. the creator of "Glider"

[Havelock]

Originally Posted by aznpinktuv

warden is on the fringe of being illegal itself...

Are there any laws it's on the fringe of violating?

[Roa]

Originally Posted by Havelock

Are there any laws it's on the fringe of violating?

The arguement is it's a violation of privacy, despite that there are other things that require "violations of privacy" to do. Can't get into Six Flags without going through a metal detector first. Can't call someone on the phone who blocks private numbers unless you temporarily unblock your number. You can't (always) use your credit card unless you give the machine your zip code.

Frankly, I think Blizzard will win this, but none of us really know what the fuck we're talking about. This thread should have stopped after the first page and started up again after the ruling.

[Remfin]

Originally Posted by Havelock

Are there any laws it's on the fringe of violating?

Well, there are computer misuse acts even in the States. If it even does a smidge more than you agree to (and afaik it only talks about what you agree in very general terms) it could possibly be illegal...not that I'm exactly condoning that claim

IIRC some European countries have computer misuse acts to the point where you CAN'T agree-away certain things, which would make it illegal period

[Itzena]

Originally Posted by aznpinktuv

warden is on the fringe of being illegal itself...

it scans your entire computer and sends every bit of info that is currently running a process to blizzard...

Bzzt, wrong.

It scans processes, converts the info into an encrypted hash thingy, checks that against Blizzard's reference list of "This is what hack programs' encrypted hash thingies look like" and then sends back a "zomg hax y/n" message to Blizzard.

[redjunkopera]

aaaaaaaaand... you consent to it.