Nothing like a little spyware with your gaming, right? Seriously, unless they come up with something earth-shattering, I don't see myself buying another EA product ever again. You can find the podcast in question here.

"...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."