It isn't tracking the user, it is identifying them. It doesn't affect anything on their computer, either, nor is anything immoral possible from identifying a player by their Steam ID.
----- Original Message ----- From: "<SB> Childe Roland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] MOTD, STEAMID > Every server tracks users. It's what the whole SteamID thing is > about. With regards to tracking them, I'm pretty sure the EULA > informs them of that (although I haven't read it yet). > > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:40:32 +0200, Oskar Lindgren > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I Sweden we have a law called PUL, which forbids tracking users without > > informing them. > > > > Michael Hobson wrote: > > > > > Soham: > > > > > > At 07:55 AM 3/31/2005, Soham Roy wrote: > > > > > >> there is but is not legal > > >> > > >> > > >> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:24:01 -0500, Shane Robinett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > Any chance that there is a built in function that doesn't require > > >> > modding where in the MOTD we can pass STEAMID as a variable? Re: > > >> > http://www.mysite.com/?steamid=%steamid% of some sort? > > > > > > > > > Please cite exactly which law in which country you think tracking STEAM > > > I.D.'s violates. And, as I am sure you are not a lawyer by trade, provide > > > the readership with a link to the source of this information. > > > > > > > > > Sneaky_Bastard! > > > Michael A. Hobson > > > yahoo: warrior_mike2001 > > > icq: #2186709 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > -- > ============================= > <SB> Childe Roland > "I will show you fear in a handful of jellybeans." > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
