Quote Originally Posted by KuroMaboroshi View Post
I am very glad Yoshi-P and by extension at least part of Square Enix take a very principled stance on this (sadly not all of Square Enix, as evidenced by their use of intrusive DRM and Anti-Cheat measures in some of their other games).
It doesn't matter if people got nothing to hide, what's on your computer is still no one's business but yourself. No one allows strangers into their home either. If someone has nothing to hide, then congratulations, you are lucky to belong to a group that needn't worry about such things. But because that's not true for everyone, it is a right worth defending on principle, even if it is over something as "pointless" as a video game scanning your computer for botting software.
I agree, but pretending to be a saint in hell gets you nothing good.
Most people use Chrome as their browser for example, Chrome by default scans your processes and activity and sends it to Google. By default this scanning software is also running in the background when you are NOT using the browser.
If you don't believe me go to settings, open advanced settings, system and the first line will surprise you.

People who have this active on their PC also complain about game protection. At least game protection does something good for you in exchange.