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Squall Kaj

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

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13 Aug 2009 at 17:17 - 1

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

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Soviet Canuckistan

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13 Aug 2009 at 17:31 - 2

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

QueenofDeath

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2009

13 Aug 2009 at 17:34 - 3

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

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Bellevue, WA

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13 Aug 2009 at 17:42 - 4

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2007

Underworld, being farmed for ecto by r3s

In Soviet Russia Servers Hate [You]

W/E

13 Aug 2009 at 17:45 - 5

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

13 Aug 2009 at 17:46 - 6

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

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

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13 Aug 2009 at 18:02 - 7

Thank you, Martin.

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

13 Aug 2009 at 18:02 - 8

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

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

13 Aug 2009 at 18:03 - 9

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

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

13 Aug 2009 at 18:06 - 10

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.