The Epic Games Store client copies Steam data after it is installed. The data copied contains names of friends, which games were played and how long those were played. Epic Games confirmed the collecting of this data.
According to a recent Reddit post, the Epic Games Store client contains "spyware" that copies Steam's localconfig.vdf file after it is installed. The copied data contains names of friends, a list of recently played titles and how long those titles have been played.
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Sweeney further notes that the client should not have accessed the data without approval from their users and said the company would work on changing the current implementation. He did not comment on when this change will be released.
The Reddit user who posted his findings also claims that the Epic Games Store client tracks which processes are running and that it tries to access Internet Explorer cookies.
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