I'm a stickler when it comes to my computer. My computer is an extension of me. It contains all the things I've done. I wouldn't want anyone to see it unless I would want them to see it, much like someone with a diary. So imagine the shock of other such like-minded gamers when they'll open up their Battlefield 2142 boxes and find a note saying it contains spyware. Don't get this problem with the consoles...yet.

From the article:

When you open the box, a big slip of paper falls out first, preceeding any discs or manuals. The slip of paper says, essentially, that 2142 includes monitoring software which runs while your computer is online, and records "anonymous" information like your IP address, surfing habits (probably via cookie scans), and other "computing habits" in order to report this information back to ad companies and ad servers, which generates in-game ads.

Read the full article over at kotaku.com