Yesterday, Minecraft creator and co-founder of Mojang AB, Markus “Notch” Persson posted a blog post asking the players of Minecraft if they would allow Mojang to track usage. As of today, Mojang only tracks logins to their server. Putting this feature into the game would allow the client to connect to their servers and send anonymous information such as game mode, session time and operating system. Of course, all data would be sent up anonymously and shared on the website to get an idea how people play. I believe that Notch is playing it very smart by asking people their opinion on the matter rather than it just showing up in the next update. Regardless of the vote results, he will add an opt-out feature for players who do not wish to participate. Personally, I think people are way too uptight about ‘privacy’ these days. I can understand if you want to opt-out of this because you have a spotty connection or use Windows Vista, but no sensitive information is going to be sent or publicly posted.
Enough of my rambling, what about your thoughts? Do you think Mojang should implement this feature? Please post your response in the comments below.
“but no sensitive information is going to be sent or publicly posted.”
Please, don’t assume.
You know what happens when people assume… Don’t you?
I’ve been lied to by figures that are suppose to be nothing but 100% trustworthy- as with a huge clump of the rest of the world.
You can’t honestly (using logic), imply that people who disagree with this are simply “uptight”.
You bring up a valid point, but I honestly don’t think a company like Mojang would post that kind of information publicly. With all of the success they have received over the past year or two, this kind of leak would ruin them.
Then again, we all have our own opinion.