EVE General Discussion

So tempted to indulge in a stereotype

@OP You agree to it when you "sign" the EULA and again when you create a full API.

Oh, but the issue is not my API. It's that anyone who exchanged mails with you, will get your emails along with his if he gives full API.

The inbox should not be shared. And in any decent company, quoted mails would be censored before delivering them through API. My outgoing mail regarded as your incoming mail is nobody's business. You can not share it and certanly CCP can't make a shoddy work that forces you to share your inbox without warning everyone writing to you.

Yeah I see what you mean there.


Totally agree. But it is what it is, and people in this game are paranoid on a unprecedented scale. They actually want to read peoples personal mails to feel secure and if they could somehow even look into your RL living room I'm sure they prolly would also.

One important thing to note in this discussion is that in American law and cultural coxtext sharing private communication without consent from BOTH involved parties is forbidden.

HOWEVER, In Europe, probably including Iceland, the recipient of a message can share and publish it however he wants and with whoever he wants no matter where and from whom the message comes from. The sender has no right to argue about it, unless an NDA has been mutually agreed upon well beforehand. I am pretty sure this feels just as natural to CCP as it does to me, even if it might make Americans uncomfortable.

Even without an EULA, european players would be well within their rights to share mails coming from you with their corp mates or recruiters.

So, if you want to be sure no one ever publishes your mails, never send any messages to Europe ever.

I guess you probably shouldn't trust people that are so careless in the first place.

Generally speaking, I trust smart jerks much more than nice fools. But I don't provide sensitive info to either.

I am European. I probably wrote that in a bit confusing way.

The point of my message was not in reminding people about american law, but about the fact that here in europe the law is completely different and americans have no business arguing about OUR liberty. Only way to extend american law to my home would be to send a conquering army.

It is extremely amusing when american corporations and lawyers send email to european citizens with pompous warnings about how they will be sued to hell and back if the contents of the mail are published. Naturally, mail like that will be published with much ridicule and there is nothing they can legally do about it.

The same issue comes up often in international communities on the internets, and is always amusing. Just look at how many people try to internet lawyer about evemails published on minerbumping.com for example.

I disagree.

At most they could have the courtesy to remind people that in-game communication is not private, since apparently people make the mistake to assume otherwise.

Yea, nobody needs a full api, especially the little half arse corps with only 4-7 people ever on at the same time. Tell them to stuff it. Be careful with the url parties as well.. your corp mates will hax your pc. Common knowledge learned the hard way, you arent alone in that boat. CCP has no responsibility either. Just dont give it out, and make a new one if you did. As for fellow pilots with nefarious intentions outside of game.. label them as isis recruiters and turn them in on ic3 if you find their scripts and wares on your box lol. A new api takes a few min to make, a new ssd is cheap too. Good luck!

i`m just eating popcorn, move on please.....

How the hell is there even an arguement about this?

"Guys it gets cold and rains a lot in winter and I'm pretty mad about that! Ima sue the government."