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Message: [QUOTE="Dwilius, post: 1530793, member: 39341"] Excerpt from an email from Pokerstars Game Security that was posted at 2p2 almost two years ago that should reconcile what you two are saying... [I][B]"...we understand that players have expressed concerns regarding our recent detection methods, and we recognise that we made a mistake. Consequently, we will explain the error, and correct it. [/B][B]We detected players who visited the SharkScope website by having the PokerStars Client monitor active network connections using built in Windows functions for that purpose. The data returned by this function is similar to that which is returned by the Windows accessory called 'Netstat'. A periodic query to Windows determined whether the SharkScope IP was being accessed. This was a YES/NO query, purely regarding access to the specific SharkScope IP address. If aconnection to the SharkScope IP was detected, this fact and only this fact was sent back to the PokerStars server. We then sent warning emails to players who had accessed SharkScope in conjunction with the PokerStars Client. [/B][B]This technique ensured that players accessing the SharkScope website were detected without breaching their right to privacy. At no stage was aplayer's internet browsing history ever queried, or transmitted from the PokerStars Client to the PokerStars Server. [/B][B]However, despite our assertion above, we understand that some players are unhappy with the perception that PokerStars monitors their internet browsing habits. Consequently, even though PokerStars does not monitor players' internet browsing habits, we have decided to disable and completely remove this feature of our software to avoid even the slightest perception of privacy breaches. After all, our policy to prevent Third Party Websites publishing player profitability data by default was based on our strong belief that players have a right to privacy.[/B][/I]" [/QUOTE]

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