Let's see some proof and an official statement from Blizzard, please. Oh, and reversing something (against EULA) that is supposed to verify your compliancy with the EULA is not a good idea, and can be sticky when reporting results scientifically.
There are two definitions pertaining to what reverse engineering is:
Reverse engineering (RE) is the process of taking something (a device, an electrical component, a software program, etc.) apart and analyzing its workings in detail, usually with the intention to construct a new device or program that does the same thing without actually copying anything from the original. The verb form is to reverse-engineer, spelled with a hyphen.
This, is personally the definition I agree with. Then, there is another definition which is quite diffrent. It essentially states:
The process of analyzing a program.
No specifics. None. So, some guy finds a flaw in your program and is about to release it? Threaten to sue for reverse engineering your product. This second definition leave a lot of room for interpretation, which is bad in law.
EULA's in general have gotten out of control. They can state just about anything in their EULA, and it becomes a binding contract. Let's say you go all out and buy Microsoft XP, is there a complete readout of the EULA before you buy it at the store? No. On the box? No. After you've opened it? Possibly. After you've inserted the CD and possibly already installed it? Yes.
Now, by the time you've opened the box and read the EULA, you're already out $150. With no chance of getting it back at a store. It's either Accept or Disagree. What do you do? Accept, obviously. You really don't have much of a choice, by the time you read it, you've already opened the box.
But it doesn't do that... it scans the process names, thats it.
It's still an invasion of privacy, which is wrong.
