Editing WoW:WoW Warden anti-cheat (section)

'''Warden''' (also known as '''Warden Client''')  is an [[wikipedia:anti-cheating|anti-cheating]] tool integrated in Blizzard Entertainment games such as Diablo II (since patch 1.11), StarCraft (patch 1.15), Warcraft III and most notably {{link-wow}}.  While the game is running, Warden uses API function calls to collect data on open programs on the user's computer  and sends it back to Blizzard servers as [[wikipedia:hash function|hash values]] to be compared to those of known cheating programs.<ref>{{ref web|last=Fulton III|first=Scott|title=Does a "World of Warcraft" EULA compliance mechanism count as spyware?|url=http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/24/world_of_warcraft_warden_is_it_spyware/index.html|publisher=[[TG Daily]]|date=2005-10-24}}</ref> Privacy advocates consider the program to be [[wikipedia:spyware|spyware]].<ref>{{ref web|last=Ward|first=Mark|title=Warcraft game maker in spying row|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4385050.stm|date=2005-10-31}}</ref>