"Left Behind" Game Full of SPYWARE!!!

Remember that "Left Behind" video game that the Fundies put out? Well, The Register (a snarky British Information Technology website) discovered that it's got tons of hidden spyware! It sends all of your information back to a computer, probably at Christian Broadcast Network's undisclosed location. :rofl:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/23/evangelical_spyware/

Watchers of right-wing Christian groups in the States say a new apocalyptic videogame released by cultish Revelations-based fiction series Left Behind is riddled with spyware.

Developers have incorporated software from an Israeli firm called Double Fusion. It incorporates video advertising and product placement into the game, and reportedly records players' behaviour, location, and other data to be uploaded to Left Behind's Bible-powered marketing machine.

and they need to be able to contact their non born-again contacts to let them know what happened to them.

"After the rapture, there will be a lot of speculation as to why millions of people have just disappeared. Unfortunately, after the rapture, only non believers will be left to come up with answers. You probably have family and friends that you have witnessed to and they just won't listen. After the rapture they probably will, but who will tell them?

"We have written a computer program to do just that. It will send an Electronic Message (e-mail) to whomever you want after the rapture has taken place, and you and I have been taken to heaven..."

http://www.raptureletters.com/

:rofl:

Place your orders now, folks!

...and 'C1@lis'.

I had to get a whole new wardrobe of trousers and everything. Tuck it in my sock now.

much worse.

Like what?

Re: "the owner of this board does much, much worse."

just to watch him die. That count as much, much worse?

and he died in Tennessee.

Or just empty accusations?

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and much,much,much worse.

And the cookies that are used to facilitate posting? Evil knievil, they are!

I'll see you back up your rather large assertion before I give you any credibility.

It is much,much,much worse than that.

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:sarcasm:

Evangelical apocalyptic schlockfest 'snoops' on gamers

Spyware Revelations
By Chris Williams
Published Friday 23rd June 2006 13:56 GMT
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Watchers of right-wing Christian groups in the States say a new apocalyptic videogame released by cultish Revelations-based fiction series Left Behind is riddled with spyware.

Developers have incorporated software from an Israeli firm called Double Fusion. It incorporates video advertising and product placement into the game, and reportedly records players' behaviour, location, and other data to be uploaded to Left Behind's Bible-powered marketing machine.

Aimed at 13 to 34-year-old males, Left Behind: Eternal Forces casts the player as a director of God's Earthly militia, left behind in the Rapture to roam the streets of New York, battling Satan's minions and shooting unbelievers.

With plans to distribute 1 million copies in evangelical "megachurches" nationwide pre-Christmas, Eternal Forces has attracted criticism from religious and secular commentators for its pushing of a violent brand of Christian supremacy. Christian anti-videogame violence campaigner Jack Thompson said: "It's absurd. You can be the Christians blowing away the infidels, and if that doesn't hit your hot button, you can be the Antichrist blowing away the Christians."

(more at link)

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/23/evangelical_spyware/>

that I would agree with that asshole.

Broken clocks.....

since what they really worship is money.