WoW Real ID privacy issues
If you play World of Warcraft, check out the Real ID coverage and make sure that you're not publishing your real name inadvertently. There are reports of add-ons revealing your real name to anyone using the same add-on, as well as the obvious issues with public "Friends of Friends" lists and selling your WoW data to Facebook. As was the case with Google Buzz, Real ID is turned on by default. You can only turn it off by turning on Parental Controls. (You don't need to turn on any other controls, just turn on Parental Controls and make sure that Real ID is disabled.)
Basically, Blizzard/Activision and Facebook have done a deal to integrate social networking into the game - the privacy policy that you signed up for explicitly says that they can sell your info to other people if they give you an opportunity to opt out. And you read the latest version of the EULA from top to bottom, didn't you? After all, you can't click "Accept" until you scroll down...
Basically, Blizzard/Activision and Facebook have done a deal to integrate social networking into the game - the privacy policy that you signed up for explicitly says that they can sell your info to other people if they give you an opportunity to opt out. And you read the latest version of the EULA from top to bottom, didn't you? After all, you can't click "Accept" until you scroll down...