Report: Blizzard Blizzcon APP is spyware(video)

[Chroesire-bleeding-hollow (Chroesire)]

You can buy tickets to events through the app. How do you expect them to process payment w/o payment information?

Keeping a tab via carrier pigeon, clearly.

[Notagin-kul-tiras (Notagin)]

Credit card numbers? I mean, c’mon, that’s way over the top for a non-retail app to collect.

You can buy tickets to events through the app. How do you expect them to process payment w/o payment information?

Wow, that’s even worse. Even Amazon doesn’t track me with bluetooth or wi-fi.

[Disglain-wyrmrest-accord]

This is outrageous. Absolutely outrageous.

I am so grateful to people who know to look into these sorts of things, because this preys on ignorance and what little trust that Blizzard’s fanbase has in them.

[Tarquinius-dalaran (Tarquinius)]

I agree that the overall state of data privacy is literally abysmal right now, but I’m actually not surprised even to the slightest degree that it took a Blizzcon app asking for permissions for people to even care or realize it.

I don’t need a video from a guy whose entire channel is:

angry npc face “FEMINIST MAKE VIDEO GAME BAD”

to tell me that giant tech companies take advantage of their customers by selling their data. Richard Stallman has been railing on this since the idea of open-source software.

[Tarquinius-dalaran (Tarquinius)]

Then you, Sir, are a blind lemming. In this day and age, where corporations like Twitter, Facebook, or Google oppress and censor people for their political opinions

When you get banned on social media for saying the n-word, but you were just memeing bro so you open a Patreon account for the fight for free speech against r e g r e s s i v e s and get $10000 in donations.

FeelsGoodMan

[Anchor-runetotem]

Show me the law that says the pricipal is illegal.

[Sarine-sisters-of-elune]

I looked into this a bit, and apparently it is what all Con apps do. Not very cool and I hate that it is required for admission.

If this app doesn’t concern you, please post all of your info here. It only wants to share your credit card, billing info, and security pin. Sorry, but this is NOT a normal thing, and not in any way an acceptable business practice for a respectable enterprise.

[Xyrtran-medivh]

“twitter, instagram, facebook use the same thing”

any social media stores your credit card information? (a simple example) or you need it to find “premium friends”?

[Wigglytüff-stormrage]

It only wants to share your credit card, billing info, and security pin.

…with Blizzard. The company for whom it is handling the ticket transactions.

[Cheesybeef-turalyon]

But wait, here comes 5G so I can watch from home while everything dies but my privacy is intact. Honestly, it’s time to burn corporate America’s power brokers down.

[Drublic-bloodscalp]

Absolutely disgusting.

[Zedak-haomarush]

“twitter, instagram, facebook use the same thing”

any social media stores your credit card information? (a simple example) or you need it to find “premium friends”?

And how many of them did you pay $200 to get in the door? Are you a sheep? FB, Twitter, Instagram are free services that you pay with your information. Blizzcon is something you pay for, and it cost a lot. They could have used an app that doesn’t take any of your personal data, but instead they used one that is well known for being one of the worst offenders and one that is well know to sell your data to 3rd parties.

What poor faulty logic, so because one company does it, it’s OK for Blizzard to start doing the same thing even though they were paid for their services? It’s OK for Blizzard to require your data on top of $200? Why don’t you just start giving up the rest of your rights as well?

[Blimpo-thunderhorn (Blimpo)]

Exactly.

Finally some rational thought instead of some Youtube person that profits financially from hyperbole.

[Palastorm-suramar (Palastorm)]

Every app you instal on your phone is just as bad. You just have to roll with it. You know… whatta goin to do?

[Grizzle-eredar]

I came to post the same thing. I’m pretty sure all the social media apps require access to “more” things

[Sarine-sisters-of-elune]

If they have it, and their TOS says they own it, they will be selling or using it themselves. They have zero reasons at all to have any of that, as the app is only to validate tickets, not to buy them.

Please try harder if you’re trying to justify this. I don’t think you really can, but I know some folks just can’t imagine their beloved Blizzard doing something this raw.

[Thequixote-staghelm (Thequixote)]

I came to post the same thing. I’m pretty sure all the social media apps require access to “more” things

As privacy concerns go you couldn’t set a lower bar than social media apps.

Google went evil. They took the smart phone and turned it into personal spying device with capabilities that would make the Stasi blush. Then they built a business model around collecting as much information on us as possible.

As Cambridge analytical showed us, all that information can be used to do more than just try and sell us a can of coke.

[Hellasha-alleria (Hellasha)]

Even Amazon doesn’t track me with bluetooth or wi-fi.

You should check out alexa bit closer.

[Kalculus-zuljin]

They know that if you are going back after last years mobile crapfest you will take anything they shove on your plate. Enjoy!!

[Jawdrift-dalaran (Jawdrift)]

And so does 99% of downloaded apps.

Stop being so hysterical people.

If you really cared you wouldn’t have Samsung anything in your houses.