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01-11-2010, 08:26 AM
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If you read WoW.com with any regularity, you probably saw and read our pieces on Friday discussing some rather curious policies Blizzard has recently instituted. There are two in particular that I'd like to discuss further: The care package for hacked accounts (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/08/account-administration-told-not-to-restore-hacked-characters/) and the possibility of mandatory authenticators (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/08/blizzard-giving-serious-consideration-to-mandatory-authenticator/).
First, how many of you have had your accounts stolen, or know someone that had theirs stolen? Chances are good every single person that reads this post will raise their hand to that question. The problem is not a small one. I'm in a rather large guild, and every few weeks someone has their account stolen and the little bits of our guild bank they have access to go with them. My large guild is also just one guild in a larger guild alliance which suffers the same problems. Every two weeks or so, someone I see online on a regular basis gets their account stolen.Continue reading In defense of care packages and mandatory authenticators (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/11/in-defense-of-care-packages-and-mandatory-authenticators/)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Blizzard (http://www.wow.com/category/blizzard/), Account Security (http://www.wow.com/category/account-security/)
In defense of care packages and mandatory authenticators (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/11/in-defense-of-care-packages-and-mandatory-authenticators/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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If you read WoW.com with any regularity, you probably saw and read our pieces on Friday discussing some rather curious policies Blizzard has recently instituted. There are two in particular that I'd like to discuss further: The care package for hacked accounts (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/08/account-administration-told-not-to-restore-hacked-characters/) and the possibility of mandatory authenticators (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/08/blizzard-giving-serious-consideration-to-mandatory-authenticator/).
First, how many of you have had your accounts stolen, or know someone that had theirs stolen? Chances are good every single person that reads this post will raise their hand to that question. The problem is not a small one. I'm in a rather large guild, and every few weeks someone has their account stolen and the little bits of our guild bank they have access to go with them. My large guild is also just one guild in a larger guild alliance which suffers the same problems. Every two weeks or so, someone I see online on a regular basis gets their account stolen.Continue reading In defense of care packages and mandatory authenticators (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/11/in-defense-of-care-packages-and-mandatory-authenticators/)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Blizzard (http://www.wow.com/category/blizzard/), Account Security (http://www.wow.com/category/account-security/)
In defense of care packages and mandatory authenticators (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/11/in-defense-of-care-packages-and-mandatory-authenticators/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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