![]() ![]() Until EA fixes their client security, you should avoid logging in to the service while on a public Wi-Fi hotspot or when you’re under other risky network conditions. The Chat functionality in the Origin client can’t be disabled. Apparently, EA haven’t gotten the memo that they need to secure these things. ![]() Anything valuable is, of course, a target for hackers who could resell an account full of games. Your possibly expensive library of games in the Origin service is protected by the same account and login as the chat service. Especially any kind of messaging service has taken to encrypting everything possible by default. Talking about the tactical deployment and use of real-world weapons and explosives inside the Battlefield universe could sound bad out of context.Įvery app maker and website have rushed to encrypt all their online services since the big global surveillance revelations two years ago. However, chats with your friends about what you do to the poor people in the life-simulator franchise The Sims could be a bit more awkward to explain. You’re probably not sharing anything more sensitive than Battlefield game strategies through the Origin Chat client. Any presence data (availability), as well as any messages to and from friends or in the public chat rooms, are also sent unencrypted. The chat functionality in EA’s game distribution and management platform, Origin, sends your Origin unique account number (“username”) along with a login token to the Origin Chat servers when the client logs in. ![]()
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