[–] PotatoFarm 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Thank you for the heads up, just opened it and showed that ugly new EULA... uninstalled immediately.
I guess it's manual from now on! (Not a big deal though)
[–] SaneGoatiSwear 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
could you link a nice way too email their ceo or something? that would make it REALLY easy for the verbal power of a thousand goats to rain down upon these tards.
[–] SkepticalMartian 3 points 1 point 4 points (+4|-3) ago (edited ago)
Can someone show me samples of the kinds of sensitive data it's transmitting? So far I haven't seen anything that suggests it's really that big a deal. What exactly is it stealing?
EDIT: I see there's a little blowback on the votes for this, is it really that unreasonable a question? If you're going to accuse a company of something nefarious, does it not make sense to understand exactly what they're doing wrong?
[–] SkillYourself [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Information collected by the SOFTWARE includes, but is not limited to, CUSTOMER SYSTEM'S (i) hardware configuration and ID, (ii) operating system and driver configuration, (iii) installed games and applications, (iv) games and applications settings, performance, and usage data, and (iv) usage metrics of the SOFTWARE.
So we don't really know what else they're collecting. When we know more I'll let you know. Right now, I'm calling it spyware.
[–] SkepticalMartian ago (edited ago)
Right, but if you look at anything that collects metrics it almost always uses the same or similar wording. I'm just not sure that the actual intent is there, and really you can't be sure until you've seen the data it's trying to transmit. I'd be willing to bet that your phone transmits more information about you than geforce experience does.
I'm not trying to tell you that you're wrong to be wary, especially in the current government surveillance climate. I just think that people tend to go off half-cocked without uncovering the whole story. Assuming there even is a story.
[–] tribblepuncher 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
From the looks of it, it's not too egregious. Looks like it's mostly the programs you use and general information about how you use them, e.g. statistics and whatnot, and how you use nVidia's software itself.
So it doesn't look too ominous. Mind you, I think that it will become more ominous soon enough; it seems like they're starting small and will start putting out their feelers to see just how far they can expand.
[–] aaronC 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Nvidia has been shitting on customers a lot more than usual lately. Why spend more money on something that's going to fuck you over like this? They GTX 970 lawsuit is getting underway too. Not to mention all those lies about DX12 and Vulkan performance. Nvidia doesn't care about lawsuits or pissing people off, as long as you keep giving them money, they're going to get worse and worse.
[–] Never_Over 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
isnt there a option to disinclude experience? i always exclude it
[–] FeelinFroggy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
So... don't update something I don't even use. No prob. Done and done.
e - Hold up, I'm not trying to be snarky and shitty, but that sounded way snarky and shitty. I absolutely appreciate you bringing this to light, because I'm one of those idiots that often times just clicks next next next. That being said, I never did dig how nVidia wants to "optimize" my games for me, I'm fully capable (for most things changeable) of doing that on my own to my own preferences. But like I said, thank you for bringing it to my attention! I'll do well to keep an eye on it.
[–] tcp 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
There's also a handful of new processes that access the internet embedded in the drivers. I had immediately uninstalled GeForce Experience after seeing the login screen, but the new drivers have:
C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\Update Core\NvTmRep.exe
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Update Core\NvProfileUpdater64.exe
That is in addition to all the usual stuff they already had for updates and other things. I think it was also sending data from powershell.exe and syswow64\rundll32.exe during install if I remember correctly.
[–] tame 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Aussie? :P
I told GeForce Experience to fuck off ages ago. You can always update your driver manually off the nVidia website and I don't want all that other crap anyway.
[–] SkillYourself [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah maate.