Interesting read.

[vageta31]

Originally Posted by Ulivar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

so for the not so genius at computers, few quick questions, can this potentially obtain passwords/logins for banking information done while alt tabbed from the game? Does this create a "backdoor" to my computer while not playing? I have no problem w/showing developers what im runing while running eq program wise... but really the above is making me somewhat concerned at the full intentions behind this.

I believe the idea is that the file itself is not malicious, it's intent is solely to find out which players are using 3rd party programs. However as a side effect it can possibly lead to other security issues, via unforeseen bugs or other eyes that may spy upon the information gathered.

I'm no lawyer, but I'd imagine if SOE or another company's software had issues they can be held responsible for any security breaches. This however isn't a large corporation.