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Spyware concerns over fast selling PC game

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/18279.html

By: John Leyden

Posted: 12/04/2001 at 18:15 GMT

Fast-selling PC game Black & White has generated a storm of controversy on messaging boards this week amid concerns that it is being used to spy on gamers.

Black & White sends information about a user's computer (including IP number, registry details and hardware configuration) to a server run by the game's developer Lionhead and publisher Electronic Arts.

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