Has anyone seen this web sit?? used it? I just found it and wondered if it was safe and if someone else had used it for casual games?

most fun network

Winfrey, I don't have time to search but there are numerous threads here on them. They use peer to peer networking which is not safe for you or always legal. I cannot in good faith recommend them to anyone.

Ana

Ana/ speaking of neoedge (mostfun network is "powered by neoedge") have you tried games from Playfirst lately? When I downloaded the trial for Diner Dash Hometown Hero, it showed me ads from Neoedge the same way the Mostfun player was doing. I have no idea whether their EULA / privacy policy changed. (and if I read it it'd be greek to me anyway!)

I will look into it when I get off work and let you know. I do read the small print....it's just a habit.

thanks Ana---I won't click into the site- glad I asked-- too good to be true is true in this case

Playfirst, My opinion, and my opinion only:

Here are my concerns and why....

Here is my favorite and really don't feel the need to go on after this, but I will so that you can understand what things to look for:



My Opinion...

Seriously now.....they have a keyboard tracker installed? So who will guarantee it's only when you are playing the game? What happens when you Alt-tab to answer an email and still have the game running? Do they turn their heads and not watch...hmmmm, I find this most disturbing.

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Why I do not like it:

They use "clear Gifs" to track your movements on the web. These are also called Web Bugs. They not only monitor your movements on their website, but they look at the cookies stored on your computer so that they know where you have been so that the ads will be customized for you.

This is why I stick with BigFish...no ads, no hidden things to be scared of. I don't care how good a game is, it's not worth giving up my privacy more than we already do.

Ana

Ana

Ana, That's SCARY! Play First is supposedly a very reputable casual game company (huge user base, lots of beta testers, , and they always have certain games first. ( They have Chocolatier 2, Cake Mania 2, and all the diner dash games / Wedding Dash, Dream Chronicles... before anyone else)

I only started seeing ads as of Hometown Hero, so the EULA must've changed recently.

Thanks for the heads up!

Sally, you know my intent is not to hurt any website, but to allow you and others to make your own educated opinion on whether or not you want to do business with a certain site. I walk the middle of the road when it comes to privacy because I know that when you enter the web, you automatically give up some, but I will try and prevent from knowingly allowing some of these trackers to be installed because they can be used in too many different ways.

Ana

Thanks Ana for the info - I think the good news here is that most, if not all of Playfirst games turn up on Big Fish. I for one am not happy with a website that uses any kind of tracking - I view it as an invasion despite whatever 'positive' purpose the website may be using it for & I feel that it is very open to abuse!

I just read PlayFirst's privacy policy and RealArcade's also. Aside from a little difference in wording they come to the same thing. I see nothing in their policies that is a threat to anyone using reasonable web precautions. Most of the personally traceable information seems to be collected either as purchasing information or as site participation in online gaming and chat.

Perhaps you haven't noticed the extra software BigFish and RealArcade add to your registry.

That does not surprise me sarah, I do not use Real arcade for that very reason.

BigFish does not track your keystrokes Sarah. I read the policies. I am a Contract administrator where I work as well as an accountant and can decipher the fine print quite wel. i also have a lot of computer programmers close to me including my hubby to help with the computer lingo I don't always understand. I will never *knowingly* install anything that sends my keystrokes and mouse clicks to anyone. That crosses "my" line. As I stated before, you can make your own decision as to whether or not it is acceptable for you. We all have that right to decide for ourselves.

Ana

Ana,
I am so gld I read this because I was on my way over to Playfirst to download Emerald City but after reading this info I have made a decision not to do so. You stated it very well that it is my decision whether or not their practice are acceptable or not and this type of invasion is not acceptable to me....thanks a lot.

YIKES! Please tell me how do I get this tracker off the games I have purchased from playfirst? I have noticed other alerts that my Comodo firewall is giving me and they also are telling me that the keystrokes are being recorded. I thought this necessary to play the game.

Thanks for the info Ana. I think you made it very clear that this is "your opinion, based on your expertise. I, for one, have tremendous faith in your opinion and "your" line is "my" line. Once the facts are laid out, everyone has to choose where "their line" will be. Thanks for taking the time on this
Kim

Ana,