12 replies to this topic

[MajorLeeMinor]

Can we please keep the existing system?

 

I HATE having companies force another stupid system tray icon, more privacy data being spread to WG all the time (even when you're not playing), CPU cycles lost to a process that doesn't need to be there, bandwidth lost when you're not playing the game, even MORE ads in your face, etc.  The list goes on.

 

I also forgot the biggest problem with WGC... SECURITY OF YOUR WG ACCOUNT!!!!

 

The WGC sits in the tray, and KNOWS your account information.  When a game starts, the game asks the WGC for the credentials.  This means anything running on your PC could ask WGC for your game credentials as well.--- Then there goes your credit card balance.

 

See attached Poll

Edited by MajorLeeMinor, May 17 2019 - 01:46.

[Zanarkand_C]

Options are always good for the masses but you can't stop progress lol

[The_Illusive_Man]

Man, you really dont know anything about security..... An app cant just ask another app for login details. Your browser knows your login to all sites that you login to. Whats stopping the same thing from happening? Basic app security. 

 

The new launcher uses less resources than the old one.

The new launcher has the same amount of ads. They are just bigger, and fancier. 

You can stop it from running in the background. There is settings.

 

Basically, this post screams "PC noob".

[MajorLeeMinor]

The_Illusive_Man, on May 16 2019 - 18:57, said:

Man, you really dont know anything about security..... An app cant just ask another app for login details. Your browser knows your login to all sites that you login to. Whats stopping the same thing from happening? Basic app security. 

 

The new launcher uses less resources than the old one.

The new launcher has the same amount of ads. They are just bigger, and fancier. 

You can stop it from running in the background. There is settings.

 

Basically, this post screams "PC noob".

 

All lies.

 

• The new launcher uses MORE resources since it is running ALL THE TIME.  The current WOT Launcher only comes up when you ask it, and drops out of memory when you click "Play"
• Web Browser security has NOTHING TO DO with the WGC.  Your web browser doesn't have inter-process communications with other apps like the WGC has.
• You CAN'T stop it from running in the background.  If you kill the WGC after you launch your game, the game will not login because it can't ask the WGC for the credentials it needs if you kill it.
• "BASIC" App Security?  No such thing unless the programmer puts it in there.  If I make an app with a TCP listener on it that allows other things to connect and query me, then ANYTHING can connect and query it.

Edited by MajorLeeMinor, May 17 2019 - 02:11.

[excal704]

when i try to download WGC i get a pop up from Nortons that says malicious download detected and then cancels download. any fix for this?

[The_Illusive_Man]

MajorLeeMinor, on May 16 2019 - 22:02, said:

 

All lies.

 

The new launcher uses MORE resources since it is running ALL THE TIME.  The current WOT Launcher only comes up when you ask it, and drops out of memory when you click "Play"

Web Browser security has NOTHING TO DO with the WGC.

You CAN'T stop it from running in the background.  If you kill the WGC after you launch your game, the game will not login because it can't ask the WGC for the credentials it needs if you kill it.

 

"BASIC" App Security?  No such thing unless the programmer puts it in there.  If I make an app with a TCP listener on it that allows other things to connect and query me, then ANYTHING can connect and query it.

 

Option to turn all of it off when you hit "X":

 

Resources used:

basically nothing. Less than discord, which uses very little.

 

[The_Illusive_Man]

excal704, on May 16 2019 - 22:09, said:

when i try to download WGC i get a pop up from Nortons that says malicious download detected and then cancels download. any fix for this?

 

Yes, use a real A/V.... Nortan, and the other common A/V is just bloatware. Doesnt really do anything.

[MajorLeeMinor]

The_Illusive_Man, on May 16 2019 - 19:10, said:

 

Option to turn all of it off when you hit "X":

 

Resources used:

basically nothing. Less than discord, which uses very little.

 

 

Yeah.... When you close the game center, it goes away, and YOU CAN"T PLAY ANY GAMES.

 

The game center stays running WHEN YOU"RE PLAYING . IT HAS TO--- Why do you think when you launch via the WGC, you don't have to login to the game---it just shows your name.

[Herschel_Krustofski]

You can petition all you want, WG is going to do what WG wants to  do. Not what the players want.

[Isola_di_Fano]

Computers and me ...

 

I have the WoT launcher on the desktop and I don't play WoWS or the test server, will I need the WGC ? I think not if I understood what I read but if someone could confirm ...

 

Thanks !

[The_Illusive_Man]

Isola_di_Fano, on May 17 2019 - 00:32, said:

Computers and me ...

 

I have the WoT launcher on the desktop and I don't play WoWS or the test server, will I need the WGC ? I think not if I understood what I read but if someone could confirm ...

 

Thanks !

 

Not until WG forces it. Which might be soon.

[FORREST_3]

When does all this happen?

 

 

[Isola_di_Fano]

The_Illusive_Man, on May 16 2019 - 22:57, said:

 

Not until WG forces it. Which might be soon.

 

Thanks for confirming.