NCSoft message - Guild Wars Forums

Squall Kaj · Aug 13, 2009, 05:17 PM // 17:17

I was playing GW. Opened MSN and sent a message to a friend, when this message popped up:

Quote:

<myname>, to better server our customers, all chat histories are stored and maintained by Ncsoft. If you do not agree to have your chat records stored, please close the chat window now. For more information regarding this procedure, please visit our home page at www.PlayNC.com. Thank you!

I already checked NCSoft website for more info, and found this chat histories thing in Lineage 2's Privacy Policy.

Also found this old thread: http://guildwarsguru.com/forum/showt...s+st ored+Msn

What I wanna know is: since I don't play L2, and my msn adress is not related to my GW account, are they storing my chat records? And why did I receive this message? Do I have to care about it?

Thanks,

Kaj.

super strokey · Aug 13, 2009, 05:31 PM // 17:31

They monitor programs that are outside the game? That doesnt sound legal at all.

QueenofDeath · Aug 13, 2009, 05:34 PM // 17:34

lol do a google on your forum names sometimes. You talk about what doesn't sound legal. Sometimes it has every post you ever made right there to be googled. So, monitoring your chat channel is really no different. BIG BROTHER has been watching you for years now. The internet is not consider PRIVATE by a long shot. They even do it here. Goto your profile page or anyones profile page and click on statistics then look for the link "find all posts by so n so". Is that legal?

Gigashadow · Aug 13, 2009, 05:42 PM // 17:42

Do you have NProtect on your machine? (if you installed Aion, you definitely do). That thing is an NCSoft rootkit that snoops on all sorts of stuff. For example, it pops up a little window when I log into my online bank account.

Ele Mental · Aug 13, 2009, 05:45 PM // 17:45

I'm pretty sure this means that your chat history between you and NCSoft are being stored. This will occur if you have them on your contact/friends list on MSN.

I don't think they are storing all your MSN messages that you send to the rest of your friends.

Hope this helps.

Martin Kerstein · Aug 13, 2009, 05:46 PM // 17:46

That message normally pops up if you talk to someone via MSN who is playing Lineage 2, as Lineage 2 has an integrated MSN messenger.

Squall Kaj · Aug 13, 2009, 06:02 PM // 18:02

Thank you, Martin.

Mordakai · Aug 13, 2009, 06:02 PM // 18:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Kerstein

That message normally pops up if you talk to someone via MSN who is playing Lineage 2, as Lineage 2 has an integrated MSN messenger.

But the OP says he was playing Guild Wars...

can you confirm the message does NOT activate when playing Guild Wars?

Lonesamurai · Aug 13, 2009, 06:03 PM // 18:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Kerstein

That message normally pops up if you talk to someone via MSN who is playing Lineage 2, as Lineage 2 has an integrated MSN messenger.

Bingo, its a great feature in L2 actually which would be great in ALL NC Soft games thank you very much

Martin Kerstein · Aug 13, 2009, 06:06 PM // 18:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mordakai

But the OP says he was playing Guild Wars...

can you confirm the message does NOT activate when playing Guild Wars?

Yes, but very likely the person he was talking to was playing L2. Because the messenger is integrated in L2, all chat is logged (as is all "normal" chat in all games), and the person outside of L2 gets a message that this specific conversation is logged on the L2 side.

Aug 13, 2009, 05:31 PM // 17:31	#2
super strokey Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Profession: N/	They monitor programs that are outside the game? That doesnt sound legal at all.

Aug 13, 2009, 05:34 PM // 17:34	#3
QueenofDeath Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2009	lol do a google on your forum names sometimes. You talk about what doesn't sound legal. Sometimes it has every post you ever made right there to be googled. So, monitoring your chat channel is really no different. BIG BROTHER has been watching you for years now. The internet is not consider PRIVATE by a long shot. They even do it here. Goto your profile page or anyones profile page and click on statistics then look for the link "find all posts by so n so". Is that legal?

Aug 13, 2009, 05:42 PM // 17:42	#4
Gigashadow Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bellevue, WA Profession: W/	Do you have NProtect on your machine? (if you installed Aion, you definitely do). That thing is an NCSoft rootkit that snoops on all sorts of stuff. For example, it pops up a little window when I log into my online bank account.

Aug 13, 2009, 05:45 PM // 17:45	#5
Ele Mental Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Underworld, being farmed for ecto by r3s Guild: In Soviet Russia Servers Hate [You] Profession: W/E	I'm pretty sure this means that your chat history between you and NCSoft are being stored. This will occur if you have them on your contact/friends list on MSN. I don't think they are storing all your MSN messages that you send to the rest of your friends. Hope this helps.

Aug 13, 2009, 05:46 PM // 17:46	#6
Martin Kerstein Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2007	That message normally pops up if you talk to someone via MSN who is playing Lineage 2, as Lineage 2 has an integrated MSN messenger.

Aug 13, 2009, 06:02 PM // 18:02	#7
Squall Kaj Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2007 Profession: E/	Thank you, Martin.