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Packet sniffers

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Bleah
#0 - March 12, 2009, 5:24 p.m.
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Does Blizzard consider it a violation of the TOU or EULA to use a packet sniffer while playing the game? Any references in support of your answer would be appreciated.
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Malkorix
#39 - March 13, 2009, 6:39 p.m.
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Hey guys, I'm sorry if this has been confusing at all. It certainly seems that this has generated some debate.

I won't pretend to be an IT professional - that's not where my training lies. Still, you may find the following excerpt from our Terms of Use useful though (Part 2, Section C):

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html

Q u o t e:

Additional License Limitations.
The license granted to you in Section 1 is subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 1 and 2 (collectively, the "License Limitations"). Any use of the Service or the Game Client in violation of the License Limitations will be regarded as an infringement of Blizzard’s copyrights in and to the Game. You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:

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C. use any unauthorized third-party software that intercepts, "mines", or otherwise collects information from or through the Game or the Service, including without limitation any software that reads areas of RAM used by the Game to store information about a character or the game environment; provided, however, that Blizzard may, at its sole and absolute discretion, allow the use of certain third party user interfaces;


If you'd prefer to err on the side of caution, it would probably be best to take that section to heart and refrain from using software of this nature while World of Warcraft is running.