Steam ==> Spyware ?

[astagnouf]

Hello all dont you know that ? http://www.countercheat.com/gcache.php

Im trying to know everything about HL2 and that **** "steam"

That French site say that if you edit a file call gcache.gcf [it's a file of Steam] We will find passwords, URL and our MP3 list ......

I can't check if it it's true or not because I dont use Steam but I think it may be good for everybody to know it to know it .

May someone check if it's true and tell me what you think about it.

Thx
[Remember: in a fesw time you will have to you Steam only, no more wonID, do you want valve to know your MP3 and password?]:flame:

 

[Shockwave]

wow you obviously read only french news and not official valve news that explains how ****ed up french news is.

 

[Arby]

In case you don't see it elsewhere, here's what happened...

When steam creates the .gcf, it allocates 400MB of space.

The space it allocated was from older files that were deleted, so it seemed that the gcf was storing information that was actually just junk from old files.

If you use NTFS you won't have this problem, because it initialized new files to 0.

 

[morpherex]

Originally posted by Arby
In case you don't see it elsewhere, here's what happened...

When steam creates the .gcf, it allocates 400MB of space.

The space it allocated was from older files that were deleted, so it seemed that the gcf was storing information that was actually just junk from old files.

If you use NTFS you won't have this problem, because it initialized new files to 0.

I'm on NTFS... And it's 400 megs.

 

[Parasite]

Originally posted by morpherex
I'm on NTFS... And it's 400 megs.

He doesnt mean your steam cache would be 0 megs...
NTFS clears old data from the sectors it allocates for the gcache, FAT32 does not. People on fat that try to read the contents of the gcache will see old info from thier HDs.

Its ironic to mee that these people are clever enough to try and hack the file with a hex editor, but still stupid enough to jump to idiotic conclusions.

 

[nw909]

Yes, Steam is a massive spyware application created by VALVe the evil hellspawn of microsoft. First steam had only very small trojans that would allow people at the VALVe Steam department to record what you we're doing and save it in video files, they would then be sent back to VALVe and this was all in good taste and in the way of what a gamer does with his days.

Then Bill Gates, gabe newells good friend from back in the ghetto dayz called down opon him and told him to add massive trojans along with hl2 media to keep the users from suspecting anything. These new trojans would save files in the 400 mb gcache file and it would record literally EVERYTHING! it would record websites you visited, e-mails you checked, files you opened and would take up a massive 2 gigs of space now.

Gabe newell was not happy in the least but bill gates still had much power over him, being the richest man in the world and all. Shortly after Steam employes thought this was too wrong ethicly and quit or went on strike, they we're either replaced or sacked and relplaced. These new employes had no ethic views or knoledge of what is right or wrong. Steam still does record this information while Gabe and Doug lombardi are tied up in the back room. But hey! we're getting free movies out of it!

 

[Guest]

Originally posted by nw909
Yes, Steam is a massive spyware application created by VALVe the evil hellspawn of microsoft. First steam had only very small trojans that would allow people at the VALVe Steam department to record what you we're doing and save it in video files, they would then be sent back to VALVe and this was all in good taste and in the way of what a gamer does with his days.

Then Bill Gates, gabe newells good friend from back in the ghetto dayz called down opon him and told him to add massive trojans along with hl2 media to keep the users from suspecting anything. These new trojans would save files in the 400 mb gcache file and it would record literally EVERYTHING! it would record websites you visited, e-mails you checked, files you opened and would take up a massive 2 gigs of space now.

Gabe newell was not happy in the least but bill gates still had much power over him, being the richest man in the world and all. Shortly after Steam employes thought this was too wrong ethicly and quit or went on strike, they we're either replaced or sacked and relplaced. These new employes had no ethic views or knoledge of what is right or wrong. Steam still does record this information while Gabe and Doug lombardi are tied up in the back room. But hey! we're getting free movies out of it!

ROOFLE!!!!!111oneone