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Well, you accept [probably non-legally binding, at least I always assume that] condition for a driver for your hardware.

Anything else they don't get specific permission for is a breech of the law here (UK, Computer Misuse Act) ... would love to see that prosecuted.

The government should lead such a prosecution really given how important unauthorised computer use/access is to them - extraditing people for it and all.



This is a good point - if it happens to transfer private data and it didn't explicitly say in the EULA that it's going to do so, then they are violating a bunch of laws.

On the other hand, if an EULA for video card drivers starts including language about transmitting your data, then you already know what it means.




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