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24 reviews of this app found across Reddit:
Epic ranks even lower than Microsoft and google when it comes to privacy, while the gesture is good I still wouldn't touch any epic software with a ten foot pole.
Reddit's code is proprietary (as opposed to Mastodon or PeerTube, which are FOSS), and there is a fair amount of data collection/sharing, advertising, etc. on the platform.
For reference, PrivacySpy gives Reddit's Privacy Policy a 5.6/10, and TOS;DR gives their Terms of Service a Grade E ("The terms of service raise very serious concerns."), so it's not as "free" as many of us would like.
Of course they did. Epic most likely saw Houseparty's terrible Privacy Score and thought it would fit very well with Epic's Score.
If I may: https://privacyspy.org/product/epic-games/
That's on specific points, but still pretty much like a spyware
There's also plenty of examples, most famous being https://www.eteknix.com/epic-games-launcher-is-found-collecting-steam-data/
Also like to point out that Epic was recently rated a 2.2/10 in regards to customer privacy security.
https://privacyspy.org/product/epic-games/
So yea. While it could be a good thing that Apple lost, they really lost against one of the worst companies for this particular issue.
According to the wonderful PrivacySpy project, Epic Games' privacy policy is not entirely privacy-friendly. It received just 2.2 out of 10. You can look deeper here: https://privacyspy.org/product/epic-games/
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Unfortunately, this is kind of tough. Privacy Policy's are usually really dense, misleading, and also won't tell you if their security is flawed.
Luckily, there are some good services, like Privacy Spy and ToSDR, which summarize these things and give them scores.
This link https://privacyspy.org/product/houseparty/ breaks down HouseParty's security issues pretty succinctly.
ToSDR is not as thorough, but does have an entry: https://tosdr.org/#services
I personally try to minimize the apps I download, and those that I do, I search around and see if they've had any large privacy or security analyses. It's also a good habit to skim the terms and privacy policy first -- you start to get an idea of what is standard and what to look for, like arbitration clauses or wording like "including but not limited to."
or you know... maybe their own privacy policy? It's literally almost as bad as facebooks when ranked by this startup: https://privacyspy.org/product/discord/
PrivacySpy, Guard, and ToS;DR come to mind as tools for privacy policy analysis. Definitely want to look into what information is collected, how it’s used, and how it’s shared. Also worth noting is the length of the policy, and if it’s written in an easy to understand way or if it’s obscure and too wordy.
Did you see how bad discord privacy policy is? It's really bad I don't trust discord at all they record everything! I'm just waiting for riot.im to get ready so i can switch with my friends privacy policy summary for discord
a simple Google search will prove how dumb you are. I guess their practices are totally fine, right? a score lower than Facebook, damn, but they're a good company right?
You should be more concerned with your privacy. You shouldn't sell it for free games. Have a look at these: https://privacyspy.org/product/epic-games/
https://privacyspy.org/product/facebook/
They are ranked below Facebook and Instagram. Who are known for their shady practices when it comes to your data. That's super alarming.
Hi ProtonMail, sorry for a bit of delayed response—one of the PrivacySpy maintainers here. Big fan of your product and am a user myself! Just wanted to chime in and say that PrivacySpy is entirely user-maintained, and you're free and welcome to submit a revision to address these remarks!
Personal Information that Epic Collects and sends to third parties:
>Technical information about your computer, device, hardware, or software you use to access the Internet or our services, such as IP address or other transactional or identifier information for your device (such as device make and model, information about device operating systems and browsers, or other device or system related specifications);
>Usage information and statistics about your interaction with the Epic services, which may include the URLs of our websites that you have visited, URLs of referring and exiting pages, page views, time spent on a page, number of clicks, platform type, the application you used or the game you played, how long you used or played it and when, and other usage statistics;
>Crash reports, which may be automatically generated when a game or application crashes and includes information about your system and the crash;
>Information that facilitates a safer and more personalized experience, such as your display name or other user identification provided in connection with your application use or game play, saved preferences, game progress, and device identifiers or usage information for authentication and fraud prevention purposes;
>The location of your device, such as may be derived from your device’s IP address.
> but I guess that means the drm wont work
That's reason for DRM platforms, the game has to be linked to its respective launcher for it to work, makes piracy more difficult, that's why I had the problem with RDR2, Rockstar's launcher couldn't verify that I had actually bought the game, so wouldn't let me play it.
GOG is specifically DRM free, when they started they would only sell reasonably old games, hence the name Good Old Games, nowadays, it's down to the developer's discretion whether they choose to publish to GOG, so they're effectively on par with Steam, although Steam is still a lot more popular.
As for the problems Epic had, other people are still saying the UI is shit, I personally haven't used it since I finished The Outer Worlds. The launcher is still spyware, they're worse than Facbook in terms of privacy and data mining, and they're still shelling out money to get exclusives, even started telling indie devs that they either sign an exclusivity deal or they won't publish their game on the Epic launcher.
>with malicious intent assumed by default.
"Malicious intent" is not required. Because they get to define for themselves what constitutes malice — and of course no one thinks of himself as malicious. By the time you get to judge whether you think an action done was malicious, it's too late. (That's assuming you ever do find out.)
You seem to be complaining that preemptively defending yourself at all is loony.
>Steam is listed as "extremely high"
And? Steam is a spyware and DRM platform. That you have accepted this into your life doesn't change that.
>Even at the time this was written in 2019, the support link stated the data was only used for the "Games" tab that acted as a game launcher (for the games you already had installed and played), and showed some relevant gaming news.
Which is exactly as stated: advertising to the user, et cetera. Not that it matters, since you had to take their word for it that "that's all" it was/is anyway.
Well, never mind that they try to extort a working phone number from you from time to time; this article must be some kind of crackpot nonsense! In that case, let's try some others:
https://privacyspy.org/product/discord/
https://cybernews.com/privacy/discord-privacy-tips-that-you-should-use/
https://sneak.berlin/20200220/discord-is-not-an-acceptable-choice-for-free-software-projects/
I mean, if you really feel you simply must get on Discord for whatever reason, you can at least limit the damage by using only their web version, thereby leveraging browsers' internal limits against Discord. But of course that's not what people do, is it? They install binaries Discord itself eagerly offers. And at any rate, fighting against the urges of the thing I'm relying on for my discussion room doesn't inspire a lot of warm fuzzies, particularly when so many better choices exist.
If you read the article, it specifies that Yahoo was/is using software to read through incoming Yahoo emails, so it applies to people with a Yahoo email account. DDG uses Yahoo and a number of other engines (IIRC) to build results, it hasn't really got anything to do with email. Here's some info about DDG and their privacy.
It seems like everything was rated for security, and then were rated on "do they have a privacy policy?" Could have been much more useful if they did a breakdown of the privacy policy similar to Privacy Spy, which I feel like they could have done pretty easily. Perhaps whoever was writing it was focused on the security, and just wanted to round out the rating system to five, or maybe they just were in a rush to get it out for some reason.
https://privacyspy.org/product/duckduckgo/ DuckDuckGo does a lot right. All the ads and affiliate links are not injected https://help.duckduckgo.com/company/ads-by-microsoft-on-duckduckgo-private-search/
You do have to trust their AWS servers and the fact they are an American company, but if your threat model doesn't include the NSA you are fine. DuckDuckGo also has a wonderful onion link
Edit: I recommend DuckDuckGo when you are not using Tor and when you are using Tor use DuckDuckGo or Bing if you need better results.(Google is usually blocked)
It's not just the spying but also how they handle your privacy in regards to third-party software. They also are not legally required to inform you of data breaches and exploits that has affected data they have from you.
First off "Privacy Simplified"
Second if 4chan isn't the first result it could be 1. It is a bug or glitch. Or 2. It just wasn't the first result
Just because ONE search didn't please you doesn't mean it is a garbage search engine.
They don't censor, if they did the entire community would destroy them https://privacyspy.org/product/duckduckgo/ https://tosdr.org/#duckduckgo
Hi all, PrivacySpy co-creator here. Here's a direct link to Discord's breakdown on our site: https://privacyspy.org/product/discord/
If you have any questions about this, feel free to DM me.
I have added Discord, (https://privacyspy.org/edit-policy/48/)
could you take a look at it? I was confused on some questions, so I did my best to answer them appropriately.
So for the past few months, I’ve been thinking about how it’s so difficult for most people to assess how companies treat their data. Sure, people on here can sift through the news and read privacy policies. But how realistic is that for most people?
I thought it might be neat for there to be a kind of “privacy policy wiki” where companies’ privacy practices (by way of their privacy policies) are graded on a ten point scale using a consistent rubric.
So a friend and I set out to make that platform. We’ve called it PrivacySpy. It’s completely open source, supported by a non-profit, and there are no trackers (or ads, obviously). It’s really a community project more than anything else. (Oh, and the site doesn’t require JavaScript to use.)
Here’s the (beta) url: https://privacyspy.org
It officially launches on September 15th, but I thought the /r/privacy community might find it useful/interesting, so I thought I’d post it here for your feedback. And, if you all find it useful, maybe it will one day be included on the site itself.
There’s also a browser extension that shows you the rating of the site you’re currently visiting. (And no, the extension doesn’t send a request with your current URL to PrivacySpy to get the rating; it’s all done locally, so your browsing habits/URLs never leave your computer.)
Anyway, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the site, and please feel free to contribute code/grade additional policies if you have the time.
(Adapted slightly from a post I made on the PrivacyTools forum. Post approved by /r/privacy moderators.)