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The Free Realms ToS, section D:

Please note that some games available on or through The Station may, when in operation, monitor your computer’s random access memory, MAC address, and system and configuration files, crash data, etc. for the purpose of monitoring and improving quality and service and also for the purpose of identifying unauthorized third party programs running concurrently with your game which, in SOE’s sole determination: (i) enable or facilitate cheating of any type; (ii) allow users to modify or hack the applicable game interface, environment, and/or experience in any way not expressly authorized by SOE; or (iii) intercept, “mine” or otherwise collect information from or through the applicable game (an “Unauthorized Third Party Program“). In the event that a game detects an Unauthorized Third Party Program, (a) the game may communicate information back to SOE, including without limitation your Station Account username, details about the Unauthorized Third Party Program detected and the activities or functions performed thereby, and/or details about your computer, and/or (b) SOE may exercise any or all of its rights and remedies under this Agreement or the applicable game end user license agreement without prior notice to the user linked to such Unauthorized Third Party Program.

In addition, you acknowledge that any and all character and account data that is stored and is resident on our servers, and any and all communications that you make within The Station or any game (including, but not limited to, messages solely directed at another player or group of players) traverse through our servers, may or may not be monitored by us or our agents, you have no expectation of privacy in any such communications and expressly consent to such monitoring of communications you send and receive. For example, SOE may monitor chat rooms in certain portions of The Station directed to Children.

A Sony Cyber-shot with Wi-Fi and Linux

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Revealed at CES, the DSC-G3 comes equipped with the ability to freely connect to AT&T wi-fi, and the firmware is based on BusyBox, a lightweight, UNIX based shell, licensed under GPL. With white-space internet coming soon, this camera will be an extremely convenient device.